þerrir
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably from a deverbative noun of Proto-Germanic *þarzijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun
[edit]þerrir m (genitive þerris, plural þerrar)
Declension
[edit] Declension of þerrir (strong ija-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- þerraleysi n (“want of dry weather”)
- þerridagr m (“dry day”)
- þerrileysa f (“wet season”)
- þerrileysusumar n (“wet summer”)
- þerrisamr (“good for drying”)
- þerrisumar n (“dry summer”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- þerrir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]þerrir