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English
Etymology
From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus.
Noun
eyrir (plural aurar)
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna
Translations
one hundredth of Icelandic krona
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
eyrir m (genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)
- A subdivision of currency, one hundredth of an Icelandic króna, Swedish krona or Danish or Norwegian krone.
Declension
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).
Noun
eyrir m (genitive eyris, plural aurar)
- an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
- (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money
Declension
Declension of eyrir (strong ija-stem)
Synonyms
- fé (money, property, wealth)
Descendants
References
- “eyrir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press