eyra

See also: -eyra

English

Etymology

Native South American name.

Noun

eyra (plural eyras)

  1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeira/, [ˈeiːra]
    Rhymes: -eiːra
    Homophones: eira

Noun

eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru)

  1. ear (organ of hearing)
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
      Inn vari gestur
      er til verðar kemur
      þunnu hljóði þegir,
      eyrum hlýðir,
      en augum skoðar.
      Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.
      The knowing guest
      who goes to the feast,
      In silent attention sits;
      With his ears he hears,
      with his eyes he watches,
      Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-. Compare Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old High German ōra, Old English ēare, Old Frisian āre, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (auso).

Noun

eyra n

  1. ear

Descendants

References

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