firar

See also: fírar

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• fírar

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

firar m pl

1. (poetic) men, people

Declension

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

masculine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	firar	firarnir
accusative	fira	firana
dative	firum	firunum
genitive	fira	firanna

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “firar”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 156
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “firar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 137; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Verb

firar

1. present indicative of fira

Anagrams

• friar