elrir

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).

Noun

elrir m (genitive elris)

  1. alder (tree)

Declension
  Declension of elrir (strong ija-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elrir elririnn elrar elrarnir
accusative elri elrinn elra elrana
dative elri elrinum elrum elrunum
genitive elris elrisins elra elranna

References
  • elrir in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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