þeyr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þeyr, from Proto-Germanic *þaujaz. Cognate with Faroese toyggjur, Norwegian tøyr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeiːr/
• Rhymes: -eiːr
• Homophone: þeir

Noun

þeyr m (genitive singular þeys, no plural)

1. thaw (warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen)

   Synonyms: hláka, þíða, bloti

Declension

Declension of þeyr (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	þeyr	þeyrinn
accusative	þey	þeyinn
dative	þey	þeynum
genitive	þeys	þeysins

Related terms

• þá (“thaw”)
• þána (“to thaw out, to melt”)
• þeyja (“to thaw”)

Middle English

Determiner

þeyr

1. Alternative form of þeir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaujaz.

Noun

þeyr m (genitive þeys, plural þeyir)

1. thaw

Declension

Declension of þeyr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þeyr	þeyrinn	þeyir	þeyirnir
accusative	þey	þeyinn	þeyi	þeyina
dative	þey	þeynum	þeyjum	þeyjunum
genitive	þeys	þeysins	þeyja	þeyjanna

Related terms

• þá f (“thawed ground”)

Descendants

• Danish: tø c
• Faroese: toyggjur
• Icelandic: þeyr
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tøyr m
• Swedish: tö n

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þeyr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 511; also available at the Internet Archive