eyrir

See also: Eyrir

English

Etymology

From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus, öre, øre, and oyra.

Noun

eyrir (plural aurar)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna

Translations

one hundredth of Icelandic krona

• Finnish: äyri (fi)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeiːrɪr]
• Rhymes: -eiːrɪr
• Homophone: eirir

Noun

eyrir m (genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)

1. a subdivision of currency, one hundredth of an Icelandic króna, Swedish krona or Danish or Norwegian krone

Declension

Declension of eyrir (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyrir	eyririnn	aurar	aurarnir
accusative	eyri	eyrinn	aura	aurana
dative	eyri	eyrinum	aurum	aurunum
genitive	eyris	eyrisins	aura	auranna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Noun

eyrir m (genitive eyris, plural aurar)

1. an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
2. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money

Declension

Declension of eyrir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyrir	eyririnn	aurar	aurarnir
accusative	eyri	eyrinn	aura	aurana
dative	eyri	eyrinum	aurum	aurunum
genitive	eyris	eyrisins	aura	auranna

Synonyms

• fé (money, property, wealth)

Descendants

• Icelandic: eyrir
• Faroese: oyra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øyre m
• Old Swedish: ø̄ri, ø̄re
  • Swedish: öre
• Old Danish: øræ
  • Danish: øre
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: øre
• Gutnish: öre
• → Finnish: äyri

Further reading

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