fyr
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Possibly a contraction of Middle Low German fīrburs (“unemployed craftsman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr c (singular definite fyren, plural indefinite fyre)
- (informal) guy (a younger male person)
- (colloquial) boyfriend (a male lover)
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German vǖr, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, cognate with English fire, German Feuer, Dutch vuur. The word goas back to Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”), which is also the source of Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr n (singular definite fyret, plural indefinite fyr)
- lighthouse, radio beacon (a tower that guides ships)
- boiler (a device to produce heat from gas or oil)
- (uncountable, in the indefinite) fire, light (in something)
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr c (singular definite fyrren, plural indefinite fyrre)
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fyr
- imperative of fyre
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English fȳr, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “fīr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr
- Alternative form of firre
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning a full-fledged craftsman who is unemployed.
Noun[edit]
fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrer, definite plural fyrene)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse fýrr, cognate with its Nordic equivalents, Old Frisian fiur, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer and English fire. Believed to ultimately stem from Proto-Germanic *fōr, and Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, which also is the origin of Greek πυρ (pyr).
Noun[edit]
fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrer, definite plural fyrene)
- the presence of fire
- furnace room, boiler room, stokehold
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
As for Etymology 2.
Noun[edit]
fyr n (definite singular fyret, indefinite plural fyr, definite plural fyra or fyrene)
- lighthouse, beacon
- Fyret har stått der siden 1800-tallet. ― The lighthouse has been there since the 1800s.
- Synonym: fyrtårn
Derived terms[edit]
- fyrskip
- ta fyr (“catch fire”)
- være i fyr og flamme (“be full of enthusiasm”, literally “be in fire and flame”)
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
fyr
- imperative of fyre
References[edit]
- “fyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning an unemployed craftsman.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)
- guy, bloke
- 1863, Ivar Aasen, "Høgferd":
- Det er den største Gleda, ein liten Fyr kann faa, at han slepp upp i Høgdi, so Folk maa honom sjaa […]
- It is the greatest joy a little guy can have, to make it into the heights, so that people can see him […]
- Det er den største Gleda, ein liten Fyr kann faa, at han slepp upp i Høgdi, so Folk maa honom sjaa […]
- 1863, Ivar Aasen, "Høgferd":
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse fýrr, cognate with its Nordic equivalents, Old Frisian fiur, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer and English fire. Believed to ultimately stem from Proto-Germanic *fōr, and Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, which also is the origin of Greek πυρ (pyr).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)
Noun[edit]
fyr n (definite singular fyret, indefinite plural fyr, definite plural fyra)
Usage notes[edit]
- Until recently, the Norwegian language authorities accepted a masculine inflection of this noun in the sense of a lighthouse. Masculine is also the gender listed by Ivar Aasen in his dictionary of 1850.
Derived terms[edit]
- blinkfyr
- fyrlys
- fyrskip
- fyrtøy
- trafikkfyr
- vera i fyr og flamme (“be full of enthusiasm”, literally “be on fire and flame”)
- ta fyr (“catch fire”)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fyr
References[edit]
- “fyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “Fyr”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
Old English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fȳr n
- fire
- Iċ ēode þurh þæt fȳr and ne barn.
- I walked through the fire and did not burn.
- Þēah þe hit ċeald wǣre, ne ǣlde hē þæt fȳr.
- Though it was cold, he didn't light the fire.
- Þǣr smīeċ biþ, þǣr biþ fȳr.
- Where there's smoke, there's fire.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Another Vision"
- Sē līeġ wæs mid manna sāwlum āfylled, and hīe āsprungon upp mid þām fȳre swā swā spearcan.
- The flame was filled with people's souls, and they sprang up with the fire like sparks.
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 473
- Þā Wēalas flugon þā Engle swā swā fȳr.
- The Welsh fled the English like fire.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 14:54
- Hē sæt mid þām weardum and wiermde hine æt þǣm fȳre.
- He sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Comparative of feor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
fyr
- Alternative form of fierr
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning an unemployed craftsman.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr c
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse fúrr, fýr, fýrir, funi, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂wṓr, earlier *péh₂wōr, collective of *péh₂wr̥.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr c
- a lighthouse
- 1928, Riksdagens protokoll vid lagtima riksmötet, page 134.
- Fyrarna kunde förses med ledande lysvinklar och medelt kabelanslutning erhålla elektrisk energi för drift av såväl fyr- som mistsignalapparater.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1928, Riksdagens protokoll vid lagtima riksmötet, page 134.
- fire
Declension[edit]
| Declension of fyr | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fyr | fyren | fyrar | fyrarna |
| Genitive | fyrs | fyrens | fyrars | fyrarnas |
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vɨ̞r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /vɪr/
Adjective[edit]
fyr
- Soft mutation of byr (“short”).
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| byr | fyr | myr | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Westrobothnian[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr n
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish informal terms
- Danish colloquialisms
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish neuter nouns
- Danish uncountable nouns
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish verb forms
- da:Trees
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English uncountable nouns
- enm:Fire
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- nn:Fire
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English neuter nouns
- Old English terms with usage examples
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns
- Old English non-lemma forms
- Old English comparative adverbs
- ang:Fire
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/yːr
- Rhymes:Swedish/yːr/1 syllable
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish dated terms
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with quotations
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh mutated adjectives
- Welsh soft-mutation forms
- Westrobothnian lemmas
- Westrobothnian nouns
- Westrobothnian neuter nouns