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Old Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse eyra, from Proto-Germanic *auzô.
Noun
øræ n
- ear
- c. 1210, "Summi mæn uiliæ at þingmæn", Scanian Law, chapter 153.
[…] af þiufi øræ ællær andra limmir utæn kunungs umbuzman […]- of the thief an ear or other limbs without the king's ombudsman
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse eyrir, from Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).
Noun
øræ m
- type of currency equivalent to an eighth of a mark
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