eyrir

English

Etymology

From Icelandic eyrir

Noun

eyrir (plural aurar)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈeiːrɪr]
  • Rhymes: -eiːrɪr
  • Homophone: eirir

Noun

eyrir m (genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)

  1. A subdivision of currency, one hundredth of an Icelandic króna, Swedish krona or Danish or Norwegian krone.

Declension
declension of eyrir
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eyrir eyririnn aurar aurarnir
accusative eyri eyrinn aura aurana
dative eyri eyrinum aurum aurunum
genitive eyris eyrisins aura auranna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Noun

eyrir m (genitive eyris, plural aurar)

  1. an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
  2. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money

Declension
  Declension of eyrir (strong ija-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eyrir eyririnn aurar aurarnir
accusative eyri eyrinn aura aurana
dative eyri eyrinum aurum aurunum
genitive eyris eyrisins aura auranna

Synonyms
  • fé (money, property, wealth)

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øre m or n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øre m or n; øyre m
  • Swedish: öre c

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