fyre

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Danish

Pronunciation

Verb

fyre (imperative fyr, infinitive at fyre, present tense fyrer, past tense fyrede, perfect tense har fyret)

  1. to sack
  2. to fire

Noun

fyre c

  1. indefinite plural of fyr

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr.

Numeral

fyre

  1. four

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German firen.

Verb

fyre (imperative fyr, present tense fyrer, passive fyres, simple past fyrte, past participle fyrt, present participle fyrende)

  1. to fire (supply a fire with fuel)
  2. to fire (bake in a kiln)
  3. fyre (opp) - to light (a fire)
  4. fyre (av) - to fire (a shot, rocket etc.)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German firen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

fyre (present tense fyrer, past tense fyrte, past participle fyrt, passive infinitive fyrast, present participle fyrande, imperative fyr)

  1. to fire (supply a fire with fuel)
  2. to fire (bake in a kiln)
  3. fyre (opp) - to light (a fire)
  4. fyre (av) - to fire (a shot, rocket etc.)
  5. (slang) to drink copious amounts of alcohol in a party setting
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Preposition

fyre

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of føre

References

Scots

Pronunciation

Noun

fyre (plural fyres)

  1. (South Scots) fire

Usage notes

May also be spelt feier.