firar

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *firhwijaz (“men, people”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body, life”). Cognate with Old English fīras, Old Saxon fīrihos, Old High German fīraha, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus).

Noun

firar m pl

  1. (poetic) men, people

Declension

Declension of firar (strong ija-stem, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative firar firarnir
accusative fira firana
dative firum firunum
genitive fira firanna

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “firar”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 156
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “firar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 137; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
  1. page/137 Internet Archive]

Swedish

Verb

firar

  1. present indicative of fira

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