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-ræður

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See also: ræður

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse -rǿðr. Underwent an apophony (substitution of one root vowel for another) from the suffix -rað in hundrað (a hundred).[1] Compare the Icelandic hundrað, Latin ratiō (reason, calculation), reor (I reckon, calculate; I think, deem, judge) and ratus (established, authoritative; fixed, certain).[1]

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Suffix

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-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)

  1. of age, height or depth
    átta (eight) + ‎-ræður → ‎áttræður (eighty years old)
  2. of height or depth
    tólf (twelve) + ‎-ræður → ‎tólfræður
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Etymology 2

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Compare ræða (to speak, to talk, to discuss).[1]

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Suffix

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-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)

  1. used in compounds; spoken of
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