leir
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”). Cf. Danish ler, Norwegian Nynorsk leire and Swedish lera.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
leir m (genitive singular leirs, no plural)
Declension[edit]
declension of leir
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.
Noun[edit]
leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)
- a camp
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
leir f or m (definite singular leira or leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire
References[edit]
- “leir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.
Noun[edit]
leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirar, definite plural leirane)
- a camp
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “leir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leir
- Alternative spelling of léir
Romansch[edit]
Verb[edit]
leir
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːr
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