fírar

See also: firar

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• firar

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *firhwijaz (“men, people”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body, life”). Cognate with Old English fīras, Old Saxon fīrihos, Old High German fīraha, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus).

Noun

fírar m pl

1. (poetic) men, people

Declension

  Declension of fírar, (strong ija-stem, plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fírar	fírarnir
accusative	fíra	fírana
dative	fírum	fírunum
genitive	fíra	fíranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fírar, firar

References

• fírar in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• fírar in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.