eyrir

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See also: Eyrir

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus.

Noun[edit]

eyrir (plural aurar)

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

Translations[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Declension[edit]

declension of eyrir
m-s1 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

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  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[edit]

  • fé (money, property, wealth)

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

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