Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From írar (Irishmen) +‎ -skr.

Adjective edit

írskr

  1. Pertaining to the Irish; Irish

Declension edit

Related terms edit

  • írar m pl (Irishmen)
  • írska f (the Irish language)

Descendants edit

  • Faroese: írskur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: irsk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: irsk
  • Old Swedish: irsker, yrsker
  • Danish: irsk

References edit

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