hleifr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz, whence also Old English hlāf.

Noun

hleifr m (genitive hleifs, plural hleifar)

1. loaf
2. bread

Declension

Declension of hleifr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hleifr	hleifrinn	hleifar	hleifarnir
accusative	hleif	hleifinn	hleifa	hleifana
dative	hleifi	hleifinum	hleifum	hleifunum
genitive	hleifs	hleifsins	hleifa	hleifanna

Derived terms

• hleifsefni n (“dough for a loaf”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hleifur
• Faroese: leivur
• Norwegian: leiv
• Old Swedish: lēver
  • Swedish: lev
• Old Danish: lev
  • Danish: lev

Further reading

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