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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”). Cf. Danish ler, Norwegian Nynorsk leire and Swedish lera.
Pronunciation
Noun
leir m (genitive singular leirs, no plural)
- clay
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.
Noun
leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)
- a camp
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
leir f or m (definite singular leira or leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire
References
- “leir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.
Noun
leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirar, definite plural leirane)
- a camp
Derived terms
References
- “leir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Irish
Adjective
leir
- Alternative spelling of léir
Romansch
Verb
leir
- (Surmiran) Alternative form of vuleir