þurr

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See also: turr and yurr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastur)

  1. dry; without liquid
  2. (informal) dry, alcohol-free; without alcohol
    Þetta var þurr helgi.
    It was an alcohol-free weekend.

Inflection

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • þyrr (Trønder dialect of Old Norwegian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from the root *ters- (dry).

Adjective

þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastr)

  1. dry

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Descendants

References

  • þurr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • M. Hægstad (1899) Gamalt trøndermaal : upplysningar um maalet i Trøndelag fyrr 1350 og ei utgreiding um vokalverket, page 1</ref>