þurr

See also: turr and yurr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θʏrː/

  Rhymes: -ʏrː

Adjective

þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastur)

1. dry; without liquid
2. (informal) dry, alcohol-free; without alcohol

   Þetta var þurr helgi.

   It was an alcohol-free weekend.

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurr	þurr	þurrt
accusative	þurran	þurra	þurrt
dative	þurrum	þurri	þurru
genitive	þurrs	þurrar	þurrs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrir	þurrar	þurr
accusative	þurra	þurrar	þurr
dative	þurrum	þurrum	þurrum
genitive	þurra	þurra	þurra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurri	þurra	þurra
accusative	þurra	þurru	þurra
dative	þurra	þurru	þurra
genitive	þurra	þurru	þurra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurru	þurru	þurru
accusative	þurru	þurru	þurru
dative	þurru	þurru	þurru
genitive	þurru	þurru	þurru

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrara
accusative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrara
dative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrara
genitive	þurrari	þurrari	þurrara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrari
accusative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrari
dative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrari
genitive	þurrari	þurrari	þurrari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrastur	þurrust	þurrast
accusative	þurrastan	þurrasta	þurrast
dative	þurrustum	þurrastri	þurrustu
genitive	þurrasts	þurrastrar	þurrasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrastir	þurrastar	þurrust
accusative	þurrasta	þurrastar	þurrust
dative	þurrustum	þurrustum	þurrustum
genitive	þurrastra	þurrastra	þurrastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrasti	þurrasta	þurrasta
accusative	þurrasta	þurrustu	þurrasta
dative	þurrasta	þurrustu	þurrasta
genitive	þurrasta	þurrustu	þurrasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrustu	þurrustu	þurrustu
accusative	þurrustu	þurrustu	þurrustu
dative	þurrustu	þurrustu	þurrustu
genitive	þurrustu	þurrustu	þurrustu

Derived terms

• þurr á manninn (“brusque”)
• upp úr þurru (“suddenly, out of nothing, unprovoked”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• þyrr (Trønder dialect of Old Norwegian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from the root *ters- (“dry”).

Adjective

þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastr)

1. dry

Declension

    Strong declension of þurr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurr	þurr	þurt
accusative	þurran	þurra	þurt
dative	þurrum	þurri	þurru
genitive	þurs	þurrar	þurs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrir	þurrar	þurr
accusative	þurra	þurrar	þurr
dative	þurrum	þurrum	þurrum
genitive	þurra	þurra	þurra

    Weak declension of þurr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurri	þurra	þurra
accusative	þurra	þurru	þurra
dative	þurra	þurru	þurra
genitive	þurra	þurru	þurra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurru	þurru	þurru
accusative	þurru	þurru	þurru
dative	þurrum	þurrum	þurrum
genitive	þurru	þurru	þurru

    Declension of comparative of þurr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrara
accusative	þurrara	þurrari	þurrara
dative	þurrara	þurrari	þurrara
genitive	þurrara	þurrari	þurrara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrari
accusative	þurrari	þurrari	þurrari
dative	þurrurum	þurrurum	þurrurum
genitive	þurrari	þurrari	þurrari

    Strong declension of superlative of þurr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrastr	þurrust	þurrast
accusative	þurrastan	þurrasta	þurrast
dative	þurrustum	þurrastri	þurrustu
genitive	þurrasts	þurrastrar	þurrasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrastir	þurrastar	þurrust
accusative	þurrasta	þurrastar	þurrust
dative	þurrustum	þurrustum	þurrustum
genitive	þurrastra	þurrastra	þurrastra

    Weak declension of superlative of þurr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrasti	þurrasta	þurrasta
accusative	þurrasta	þurrustu	þurrasta
dative	þurrasta	þurrustu	þurrasta
genitive	þurrasta	þurrustu	þurrasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þurrustu	þurrustu	þurrustu
accusative	þurrustu	þurrustu	þurrustu
dative	þurrustum	þurrustum	þurrustum
genitive	þurrustu	þurrustu	þurrustu

Derived terms

• þurrafrost n (“dry frost”)
• þurrfasta (“to fast on fish and vegetable food”)
• þurrfasta f (“fasting on fish and vegetable food”)
• þurrfjallr (“dry-skinned; in dry clothes”)
• þurrfœtis (“without wetting the feet”, adverb)
• þurrleikr m (“dryness”)
• þurrlendi n (“dry land”)
• þurrlendr (“with dry soil”)
• þurrligr (“dry”)
• þurrlyndi n (“dryness, surliness”)
• þurrviðri n (“dry weather”)

 

Related terms

• þerra (“to dry, make dry”)
• þorna (“to dry out”)
• þorskr m (“codfish”)
• þorsti m (“thirst”)
• þurka (“to dry out”)
• þyrstr (“thirsty”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þurr
• Faroese: turrur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: turr, tørr
• Norwegian Bokmål: tørr
• Old Swedish: þør, þor
  • Swedish: torr
• Old Danish: thur, thiur, thyr
  • Danish: tør

References

• þurr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• M. Hægstad (1899) Gamalt trøndermaal : upplysningar um maalet i Trøndelag fyrr 1350 og ei utgreiding um vokalverket, page 1</ref>