lær

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lar" and laer

Danish

Pronunciation

Verb

lær

  1. imperative of lære

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic *lahwaz.

Noun

lær n (genitive singular lærs, plural lør or lær)

  1. thigh

Declension

n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lær lærið lør lørini
accusative lær lærið lør lørini
dative læri lærinum lørum lørunum
genitive lærs lærsins læra læranna
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lær lærið lær lærini
accusative lær lærið lær lærini
dative læri lærinum lærum lærunum
genitive lærs lærsins læra læranna

Icelandic

Verb

lær

  1. second-person singular active imperative of læra

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Celtic *letrosbor.
    Proto-Germanic *leþrą
    Old Norse leðr
    Norwegian Bokmål lær

    From Old Norse leðr (“leather”), from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-. Cognate to Danish læder, Swedish läder, English leather, German Leder.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lær n (definite singular læret)

    1. leather
    Derived terms

    See also

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    lær

    1. imperative of lære

    References

    1. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Lĕder”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard)

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Verb

    lær

    1. imperative of læra

    Old Norse

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *lahwaz.

    Noun

    lær n

    1. (Old West Norse) thigh

    Declension

    Declension of lær (strong a-stem)
    neuter singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative lær lærit lær lærin
    accusative lær lærit lær lærin
    dative læri lærinu lærum lærunum
    genitive lærs lærsins læra læranna

    Descendants

    • Old West Norse:
    • Old East Norse:

    Further reading

    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lær”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
    • “lår” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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