hyrr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hurja- (burning coal), from Proto-Indo-European *krh₃-io-, *kerh₃- (to burn), from which also Lithuanian kárštas (hot), Latin carbo (coal), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, coal). Also see *harstijan (to roast) and *herþ (hearth).

Noun

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hyrr m (genitive hyrjar)

  1. (poetic) fire
    1. (in kennings) sword
      hyrr hjaldrs
      the fire of battle [SWORD]

Declension

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References

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  • hyrr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “hurja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258