Orkneyjar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Orkneyjar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr̥kneiːjar/

Proper noun

Orkneyjar f pl

  1. the Orkney Islands

Declension

Derived terms

  • Orkneyingur
  • orkneyskur

Old Norse

Etymology

Adapted from Old Irish, with a suffixed eyjar (“islands”).

Proper noun

Orkneyjar f pl

  1. the Orkney Islands

Derived terms

  • Orkneyingr
  • orkneyskr

Descendants

References

  • Orkneyjar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology of Orkney

Adapted from the Norwegian and Swedish: orkan = hurricane and the Norwegian ø and the Swedish ö = island, hence orkanö = hurricane island

Descendants

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