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Icelandic
Etymology
Calque of English router, from beina (“to route, direct”) + -ir.
Pronunciation
Noun
beinir m (genitive singular beinis, nominative plural beinar)
- (communication, computing) router
- Synonym: (informal) ráder
Declension
References
Old Norse
Etymology
From beinn.
Noun
beinir m (genitive beinis, plural beinar)
- help, benefit
Declension
Declension of beinir (strong ija-stem)
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: beine f
References
- “beinir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press