sjór

See also: sjor and šjor

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• sjár
• sær

Etymology

From Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjouːr/
• Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

sjór m (genitive singular sjóar or sjós, nominative plural sjóir)

1. sea

Synonyms

• (a sea): haf n, úthaf n, ægir (poetic), viddi m (rare), frónband n (obsolete), kaf (rare)

Derived terms

• Norðursjór

Old Norse

Etymology

See sær.

Noun

sjór m (genitive sjóvar, plural sjóvar)

1. Alternative form of sær (“sea”)

Declension

Irregular. It generally declines as an i-stem in the singular and wa-stem in the plural, but the wa-stem dative singular sjóvi also exists.

  Declension of sjór (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjór	sjórinn	sjóvar	sjóvarnir
accusative	sjó	sjóinn	sjóva	sjóvana
dative	sjó, sjóvi	sjóvinum	sjóvum	sjóvunum
genitive	sjóvar	sjóvarins	sjóva	sjóvanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sjór
• Faroese: sjógvur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjo, sjø