hafri

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhavrɪ/

  Rhymes: -avrɪ

Noun

hafri m (genitive singular hafra, nominative plural hafrar)

1. oat (Avena)

Declension

Declension of hafri (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hafri	hafrinn	hafrar	hafrarnir
accusative	hafra	hafrann	hafra	hafrana
dative	hafra	hafranum	höfrum	höfrunum
genitive	hafra	hafrans	hafra	hafranna

Derived terms

• haframjöl
• hafrakex
• hafragrautur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habrô, whence also Old Saxon haƀoro, Old High German habaro.

Noun

hafri m

1. oat (Avena)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hafri
• Norn: havr
• Norwegian Bokmål: havre
• Norwegian Nynorsk: havre
• Old Swedish: hafre
  • Swedish: havre
• Danish: havre
  • Faroese: havri
  • → North Frisian: Haawer (Sylt)
• → Middle English: haver
  • Scots: haver
    • → English: haver
• → Norman: av'thon (Jersey)