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elri

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elri n (genitive singular elris, plural elri)

  1. alder

Declension

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Declension of elri (n24)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elri elrið elri, elrir elrini
accusative elri elrið elri, elrir elrini
dative elri elrnum, elrinum elrum elrunum
genitive elris elrisins elra elranna

Synonyms

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Faroese elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elri n (genitive singular elris, no plural)

  1. alder
    Synonym: ölur

Declension

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (alder).

Noun

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elri n (genitive elris)

  1. alder (tree)

Declension

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Declension of elri (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elri elrit elri elrin
accusative elri elrit elri elrin
dative elri elrinu elrum elrunum
genitive elris elrisins elra elranna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: elri
  • Faroese: elri

Further reading

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