ertr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”), though possibly borrowed from Low German.

Noun

ertr f pl (genitive ertra)

1. peas

Declension

Declension of ertr (strong consonant stem, plural only)

feminine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ertr	ertrnar
accusative	ertr	ertrnar
dative	ertrum	ertrunum
genitive	ertra	ertranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: erta f
• Faroese: ertur f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ert f, erter f
• Norwegian Bokmål: ert m or f
• Swedish: ärt c, ärta c
• Danish: ært c

Further reading

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