elri

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɹɪ/

Noun

elri n (genitive singular elris, plural elri)

1. alder

Declension

n24	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	elri	elrið	elri(r)	elrini
Accusative	elri	elrið	elri(r)	elrini
Dative	elri	elr(i)num	elrum	elrunum
Genitive	elris	elrisins	elra	elranna

Synonyms

• elrisviður
• ølur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Faroese elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlrɪ/

Noun

elri n (genitive singular elris, no plural)

1. alder

   Synonym: ölur

Declension

declension of elri

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	elri	elrið
accusative	elri	elrið
dative	elri	elrinu
genitive	elris	elrisins

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• elrir
• órir, ǫlr

Etymology

From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).

Noun

elri n (genitive elris)

1. alder (tree)

Declension

  Declension of elri (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	elri	elrit	elri	elrin
accusative	elri	elrit	elri	elrin
dative	elri	elrinu	elrum	elrunum
genitive	elris	elrisins	elra	elranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: elri
• Faroese: elri

References

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