týr

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See also: Týr, tyr, and Tyr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse týr.

Pronunciation

Noun

týr m (genitive singular týs, nominative plural tívar)

  1. (poetic) god (referring one of the pagan gods)

Declension

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)

  1. (poetic, Germanic paganism) god

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tívar
  • >? Faroese: tívi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tivar