þerrir

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Probably from a deverbative noun of Proto-Germanic *þarzijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

þerrir m (genitive þerris, plural þerrar)

1. drying

   Synonym: þurka

2. dry weather

   Synonym: þurrviðri

Declension

  Declension of þerrir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þerrir	þerririnn	þerrar	þerrarnir
accusative	þerri	þerrinn	þerra	þerrana
dative	þerri	þerrinum	þerrum	þerrunum
genitive	þerris	þerrisins	þerra	þerranna

Derived terms

• þerraleysi n (“want of dry weather”)
• þerridagr m (“dry day”)
• þerrileysa f (“wet season”)
• þerrileysusumar n (“wet summer”)
• þerrisamr (“good for drying”)
• þerrisumar n (“dry summer”)

Related terms

• þerra (“to make dry”)
• þurr (“dry”)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þerrir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/510 Internet Archive]

Etymology 2

Verb

þerrir

1. second/third-person singular present indicative of þerra
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of þerra