ohyra

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ohyra (“monster; pest”), from Middle Low German unhuren, ungehuren, related to German Ungeheuer (“monster”).

When used to describe pests, arguably of a Nordic origin. Compare Old Norse hýrr (“pleasant; mild”), together with prefix o- (“un-”).

Noun

ohyra c

1. vermin

   Synonym: skadedjur

Declension

Declension of ohyra

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ohyra	ohyras
	definite	ohyran	ohyrans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “ohyra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ohyra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ohyra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• ohyra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)