dyrr

See also: dýrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *durz (“door”), *duriz (“doors”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Noun

dyrr f pl (genitive dura)

1. door, doorway

Declension

  Declension of dyrr, (strong consonant stem, plural only)

feminine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyrr	dyrnar
accusative	dyrr	dyrnar
dative	durum, dyrum	durunum, dyrunum
genitive	dura, dyra	duranna, dyranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: dyr pl
• Faroese: dyr pl
• Norn: dør
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dør
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dør
• Jamtish: dẃr
• Elfdalian: dörer
• Old Swedish: dyr
  • Swedish: dörr
• Scanian: dør
• Danish: dør
• Gutnish: dur, duri

References

• “dyrr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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Adjective

dyrr

1. dry