þurs
See also: Thurs
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English þyrs, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Forms with -u- are partly a native development of OE -y-, but are also due to influence from Old Norse þurs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθirs/, /ˈθris/, /ˈθurs/, /ˈθrus/
Descendants
- English: thurse
References
- “thurs(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-27.
Old Norse
FWOTD – 12 March 2014
Alternative forms
- þuss
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz (“giant, name of the Þ-rune”). Cognate with Old English þyrs, Old Saxon thuris, Old High German durs, duris. See also Finnish turisas, Tursas, turso. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tur-, *twer- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of þurs (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þurs | þursinn | þursar | þursarnir |
accusative | þurs | þursinn | þursa | þursana |
dative | þursi | þursinum | þursum | þursunum |
genitive | þurs | þursins | þursa | þursanna |
Derived terms
Terms derived from þurs
- þursaberg (“a kind of hone”)
- þursaskegg (“a kind of coral or seaweed”)
- þursi (“dunce”)
- þursligr (“giant-like”)
Descendants
References
- þurs in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- þurs in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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