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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þeyr, from Proto-Germanic *þaujaz. Cognate with Faroese toyggjur, Norwegian tøyr.
Pronunciation
Noun
þeyr m (genitive singular þeys, no plural)
- thaw (warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen)
- Synonyms: hláka, þíða, bloti
Declension
Related terms
- þá (“thaw”)
- þána (“to thaw out, to melt”)
- þeyja (“to thaw”)
Middle English
Determiner
þeyr
- Alternative form of þeir
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þaujaz.
Noun
þeyr m (genitive þeys, plural þeyir)
- thaw
Declension
Declension of þeyr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- þeyr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.