þeyr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *þaujaz. Cognate with Faroese toyggjur, Norwegian tøyr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θeiːr/
  • Rhymes: -eiːr
  • Homophone: þeir

Noun

þeyr m (genitive singular þeys, no plural)

  1. thaw (warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen)
    Synonyms: hláka, þíða, bloti

Declension
declension of þeyr
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) þeyrinn
accusative þey þeyinn
dative þey þeynum
genitive þeys þeysins

Middle English

Determiner

þeyr

  1. Alternative form of þeir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaujaz.

Noun

þeyr m (genitive þeys, plural þeyir)

  1. thaw

Declension
  Declension of þeyr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) þeyrinn þeyir þeyirnir
accusative þey þeyinn þeyi þeyina
dative þey þeynum þeyjum þeyjunum
genitive þeys þeysins þeyja þeyjanna
  • þá f (“thawed ground”)

Descendants
  • Danish: tø c
  • Faroese: toyggjur
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøyr m
  • Swedish: tö n

References
  • þeyr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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