eldr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.

Noun

eldr m (genitive elds, plural eldar)

fire

Declension

Declension of eldr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eldr	eldrinn	eldar	eldarnir
accusative	eld	eldinn	elda	eldana
dative	eldi	eldinum	eldum	eldunum
genitive	elds	eldsins	elda	eldanna

Descendants

Icelandic: eldur
Faroese: eldur
Norwegian Nynorsk: eld
Norwegian Bokmål: ild
Old Swedish: elder
- Swedish: eld
Old Danish: eld
- Danish: ild
  - North Frisian: iilj
Elfdalian: jäld
Gutnish: eld, ild
Scanian: élð, ílð
Westrobothnian: el, il

References

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

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