svíri
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse svíri, from Proto-Germanic *swirhijô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]svíri m (genitive singular svíra, nominative plural svírar)
- back or nape of the neck (on the larger domesticated animals, or a thick human one)
- Synonym: hnakki
- (by extension) neck
- Synonym: háls
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]svíri m (genitive svíra)
Declension
[edit] Declension of svíri (weak an-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: svíri
References
[edit]- svíri in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/iːrɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iːrɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
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