þeyr

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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)

  1. thaw (warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen)
    Synonyms: hláka, þíða, bloti

Declension

    Declension of þeyr
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative þeyr þeyrinn
accusative þey þeyinn
dative þey þeynum
genitive þeys þeysins

Middle English

Determiner

þeyr

  1. Alternative form of þeir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaujaz.

Noun

þeyr m (genitive þeys, plural þeyir)

  1. thaw

Declension

  • þá f (thawed ground)

Descendants

  • Danish:  c
  • Faroese: toyggjur
  • Icelandic: þeyr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøyr m
  • Swedish:  n

References

  • þeyr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.