eyrir

See also: Eyrir

English

Etymology

From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus.

Noun

eyrir (plural aurar)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeiːrɪr]
• Rhymes: -eiːrɪr
• Homophone: eirir

Noun

eyrir m (genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)

1. A subdivision of currency, one hundredth of an Icelandic króna, Swedish krona or Danish or Norwegian krone.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Noun

eyrir m (genitive eyris, plural aurar)

1. an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
2. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money

Declension

  Declension of eyrir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyrir	eyririnn	aurar	aurarnir
accusative	eyri	eyrinn	aura	aurana
dative	eyri	eyrinum	aurum	aurunum
genitive	eyris	eyrisins	aura	auranna

Synonyms

• fé (money, property, wealth)

Descendants

• Icelandic: eyrir
• Faroese: oyra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øyre m
• Old Swedish: ø̄ri, ø̄re
  • Swedish: öre
• Old Danish: øræ
  • Danish: øre
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: øre
• Gutnish: öre
• → Finnish: äyri

References

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