øræ

Old Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eyra, from Proto-Germanic *auzô.

Noun

øræ n

1. ear
   • c. 1210, "Summi mæn uiliæ at þingmæn", Scanian Law, chapter 153.

     […] af þiufi øræ ællær andra limmir utæn kunungs umbuzman […]

     […] of the thief an ear or other limbs without the king's ombudsman […]

Descendants

• Danish: øre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
• Scanian: ǿra

Etymology 2

From Old Norse eyrir, from Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Noun

øræ m

1. type of currency equivalent to an eighth of a mark

Descendants

• Danish: øre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: øre