órar

See also: orar and ørar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse órar (“fits of madness (plural)”), from Proto-Germanic *wōrō, related to Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz (“intoxicated”) (whence English weary).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈouːrar/

Noun

órar m pl (plural only, genitive plural óra)

1. fantasy, delusion

Declension

Declension of órar (pl-only masculine)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	órar	órarnir
accusative	óra	órana
dative	órum	órunum
genitive	óra	óranna

Related terms

• ær

Further reading

• “órar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Determiner

órar

1. feminine nominative/accusative plural of órr