reyrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rauza-, whence also Old High German rōr (German Rohr), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 (raus). Compare also Danish ruse (“a type of woven basket”), Old English rysc (English rush).

Noun

reyrr m

reed

Descendants

Danish: rør n
Icelandic: reyr m

Norwegian (nynorsk): røyr f or n
Swedish: rör n

References

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

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