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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hurja- (“burning coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *krh₃-io-, *kerh₃- (“to burn”), from which also Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”), Latin carbo (“coal”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, “coal”). Also see *harstijan (“to roast”) and *herþ (“hearth”).
Noun
hyrr m (genitive hyrjar)
- (poetic) fire
- (in kennings) sword
hyrr hjaldrs- the fire of battle
Declension
Declension of hyrr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
References
- “hyrr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “hurja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258