þerrir

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Probably from a deverbative noun of Proto-Germanic *þarzijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

þerrir m (genitive þerris, plural þerrar)

drying
Synonym: þurka
dry weather
Synonym: þurrviðri

Declension

Declension of þerrir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þerrir	þerririnn	þerrar	þerrarnir
accusative	þerri	þerrinn	þerra	þerrana
dative	þerri	þerrinum	þerrum	þerrunum
genitive	þerris	þerrisins	þerra	þerranna

Derived terms

þerraleysi n (“want of dry weather”)
þerridagr m (“dry day”)
þerrileysa f (“wet season”)
þerrileysusumar n (“wet summer”)
þerrisamr (“good for drying”)
þerrisumar n (“dry summer”)

Related terms

þerra (“to make dry”)
þurr (“dry”)

References

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

Verb

þerrir

second- and third-person singular present indicative of þerra
second-person singular present subjunctive of þerra

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