eyrir

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See also: Eyrir

English

Etymology

From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus, öre, øre, and oyra.

Noun

eyrir (plural aurar)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna

Translations

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus (gold coin).

Pronunciation

Noun

eyrir m (genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)

  1. 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)

  1. an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
  2. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money

Declension

Synonyms

  • (money, property, wealth)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: eyrir
  • Faroese: oyra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øyre m
  • Old Swedish: ø̄ri, ø̄re
  • Old Danish: øræ
    • Danish: øre
      • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: øre
  • Gutnish: öre
  • Finnish: äyri

References

  • eyrir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press