kyrr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kvirr, kyrr, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰɪrː/

  Rhymes: -ɪrː

• IPA^(key): /cʰɪːr/ (also spelled kyr)

  Rhymes: -ɪːr

• IPA^(key): /cʰʏːr/ (also spelled kjur)

  Rhymes: -ʏːr

Adjective

kyrr (comparative kyrrari, superlative kyrrastur)

1. still, calm
2. unmoving, not moving or being moved, staying in place

Inflection

Synonyms

• (calm): friðsæll, kyrrlátur

Derived terms

• grafkyrr
• Kyrrahaf
• halda kyrru fyrir
• láta kyrrt
• láta kyrrt liggja

Related terms

• kyrrð

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• kjørr, kurr, kverr, kvar

Etymology

From Old Norse kyrr, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz. Cognate with Faroese kyrrur and Icelandic kyrr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çʏrː/

Adjective

kyrr (masculine and feminine kyrr, neuter kyrt, definite singular and plural kyrre, comparative kyrrare, indefinite superlative kyrrast, definite superlative kyrraste)

1. still, quiet

   Olav kyrre ― Olaf the Peaceful (Norwegian king, 1066–1093)

Related terms

• (given names): Kyrre m, Kyrra f

References

• “kyrr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kyrr” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kvirr

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kwerruz.

Adjective

kyrr (comparative kyr, superlative kyr)

1. still, quiet, at rest

   halda vápni kyrr ― to hold a weapon at rest

   sitja um kyrt ― to remain quiet

   setjast um kyrt ― to take to rest

   halda kyrru fyrir ― not to stir

2. (adverbially) gently

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Icelandic: kyrr, kjur
• Faroese: kyrrur, kvirrur, kúrrur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kyrr, kjørr, kurr, kverr, kvar
• Old Swedish: qvar, qvær
  • Swedish: kvar, (dialectal) kvär
• Old Danish: kwær, kwar
  • Danish: kvær, kvar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kvar
• → Middle English: querte, quarte
  • English: quart
  • Scots: quert, quart
    • ⇒ Scots: querty

References

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kyrr

1. second-person singular present imperative active of kyrra