Jump to content

órar

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: orar and ørar

Icelandic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse órar (fits of madness (plural)), from Proto-Germanic *wōrō, related to Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz (intoxicated) (whence English weary).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

órar m pl (plural only, genitive plural óra)

  1. fantasy, delusion

Declension

[edit]
Declension of órar (pl-only masculine)
plural
indefinite definite
nominative órar órarnir
accusative óra órana
dative órum órunum
genitive óra óranna
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wōrja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593:*wōrō-

Further reading

[edit]

Old Norse

[edit]

Determiner

[edit]

órar

  1. feminine nominative/accusative plural of órr