elrir
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).
Noun
[edit]elrir m (genitive elris)
- alder (tree)
Declension
[edit]| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | elrir | elririnn | elrar | elrarnir |
| accusative | elri | elrinn | elra | elrana |
| dative | elri | elrinum | elrum | elrunum |
| genitive | elris | elrisins | elra | elranna |
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “elrir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive