beinir

See also: Beinir

Icelandic

Etymology

Calque of English router, from beina (“to route, direct”) +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeiːnɪr]

  Rhymes: -eiːnɪr

Noun

beinir m (genitive singular beinis, nominative plural beinar)

1. (communication, computing) router

   Synonym: (informal) ráder

References

• The word router at the Icelandic Computer Glossary
• The word beinir at the Icelandic Computer Glossary

Old Norse

Etymology

From beinn.

Noun

beinir m (genitive beinis, plural beinar)

1. help, benefit

Declension

  Declension of beinir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beinir	beinirinn	beinar	beinarnir
accusative	beini	beininn	beina	beinana
dative	beini	beininum	beinum	beinunum
genitive	beinis	beinisins	beina	beinanna

Related terms

• beina
• beini

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: beine f

References

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