fírar

See also: firar

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• firar

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *firhwijaz (“men, people”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body, life”). Cognate with Old English fīras, Old Saxon fīrihos, Old High German fīraha, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus).

Noun

fírar m pl

1. (poetic) men, people

Declension

  Declension of fírar, (strong ija-stem, plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fírar	fírarnir
accusative	fíra	fírana
dative	fírum	fírunum
genitive	fíra	fíranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fírar, firar

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “fírar”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 156
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fírar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 137; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/137 Internet Archive]