hleifr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz, whence also Old English hlāf.

Noun

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hleifr m (genitive hleifs, plural hleifar)

  1. loaf
  2. bread

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hleifur
  • Faroese: leivur
  • Norwegian: leiv
  • Old Swedish: lēver
  • Old Danish: lev

References

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  • hleifr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press