fyr
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Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Maybe a contraction of Middle Low German firburs (“unemployed craftsman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr c (singular definite fyren, plural indefinite fyre)
- chap, bloke, guy
- (colloquial) boyfriend
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German vūr, from Old Saxon fiur, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fyr n (singular definite fyret, plural indefinite fyr)
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 fyre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fyr
- imperative of fyre
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)
- guy, bloke
- Han er en merkelig fyr ― he is a weird guy
- Sjekk den fyren der ― check out that guy (over there)
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.
- Å sette fyr på noe ― to set something on fire
- Skogen tok fyr ― the forest caught fire
- Fyr! ― fire! (when using firearms)
- Har du fyr? ― Got a light? (for cigarettes or similar)
- furnace room, boiler room, stokehold
- Jeg har jobbet i fyren hele dagen
- I've been working in the boiler the whole day
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
Derived terms[edit]
- ta fyr (“catch fire”)
- være i fyr og flamme (“be full of enthusiasm”, literally “be in fire and flame”)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
fyr
- imperative of fyre
References[edit]
- “fyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning an unemployed craftsman.
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).
Noun[edit]
fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)
Etymology 3[edit]
As for Etymology 2.
Noun[edit]
fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)
or
fyr n (definite singular fyret, indefinite plural fyr, definite plural fyra)
Derived terms[edit]
- vera i fyr og flamme (“be full of enthusiasm”, literally “be on fire and flame”)
- ta fyr (“catch fire”)
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
fyr
- imperative of fyra
References[edit]
- “fyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From dialectal Proto-Germanic *fuïr, from *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. Cognate with Old Frisian fiūr, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur (German Feuer), Old Norse fúrr, fýrr, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fon). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek πῦρ.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fȳr n
Inflection[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Comparative of feor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
fyr
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[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
- (dated) a guy
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 colloquialisms
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish verb forms
- da:Trees
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål 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 non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk 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 non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English a-stem nouns
- Old English adverbs
- ang:Fire
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish usage examples with the translation missing
- Swedish terms with quotations
- Swedish dated terms
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh mutated adjectives
- Welsh soft-mutation forms
- Westrobothnian lemmas
- Westrobothnian nouns
