eyrir

English

Etymology

From Icelandic eyrir

Noun

eyrir (plural aurar)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈeiːrɪr]
  • Rhymes: -eiːrɪr
  • Homophone: eirir

Noun

eyrir m (genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)

  1. A subdivision of currency, one hundredth of an Icelandic króna, Swedish krona or Danish or Norwegian krone.

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

Noun

eyrir m (genitive eyris, plural aurar)

  1. an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
  2. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money

Declension

Synonyms

  • fé (money, property, wealth)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: øre m, n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øre m, n; øyre m
  • Swedish: öre c

References

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