leir

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See also: leír, léir, and lèir

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)

  1. clay

Declension

declension of leir
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative leir leirinn
accusative leir leirinn
dative leir leirnum
genitive leirs leirsins

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)

  1. a camp
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

leir f or m (definite singular leira or leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire

References

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)

  1. a camp

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Old Irish

Adjective

leir

  1. Alternative spelling of léir

Romansch

Verb

leir

  1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of vuleir
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