eyra

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See also: -eyra

English

Etymology

Native South American name.

Noun

eyra (plural eyras)

  1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Pronunciation

Noun

eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru)

  1. ear (organ of hearing)
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
      Inn vari gestur
      er til verðar kemur
      þunnu hljóði þegir,
      eyrum hlýðir,
      en augum skoðar.
      Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.
      The knowing guest
      who goes to the feast,
      In silent attention sits;
      With his ears he hears,
      with his eyes he watches,
      Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

declension of eyra
n-w singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eyra eyrað eyru eyrun
accusative eyra eyrað eyru eyrun
dative eyra eyranu eyrum eyrunum
genitive eyra eyrans eyrna eyrnanna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- (“ear”). Compare Old Dutch, Old High German, and Old Saxon ōra, Old English ēare, Old Frisian āre, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō).

Noun

eyra n

  1. ear
Declension
  Declension of eyra (weak an-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eyra eyrat eyru eyrun
accusative eyra eyrat eyru eyrun
dative eyra eyranu eyrum eyrunum
genitive eyra eyrans eyrna eyrnanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: eyra
  • Faroese: oyra
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: øre
    Nynorsk: øyra, øyre
  • Old Swedish: ø̄ra
  • Old Danish: øræ, ø̄ræ
  • Old Gutnish: oyra
  • Scanian: ǿra
  • Elfdalian: ära
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References

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

eyra

  1. indefinite genitive plural of eyrr
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