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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse týr.
Pronunciation
Noun
týr m (genitive singular týs, nominative plural tívar)
- (poetic) god (referring one of the pagan gods)
Declension
Declension of týr (masculine)
Old Norse
Etymology
From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz (“god”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Identical to Týr (“Tyr, Tiw”).
Noun
týr m (genitive týs, plural tívar)
- (poetic, Germanic paganism) god
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr ór Hvíni, Haustlǫng, 8/1–4
Fló með fróðgum tívi · fangsæll of veg langan
sveita nagr, svát slitna · sundr ulfs faðir mundi.- The bird of blood , happy in its catch, flew a long way with the wise god , so that the Wolf’s father was about to be torn apart.
Declension
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Declension of týr (strong wa-stem)
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