eldr
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.
Noun edit
eldr m (genitive elds, plural eldar)
Declension edit
Declension of eldr (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
Many of the eastern descendants come from eildr instead.
- Icelandic: eldur
- Faroese: eldur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eld
- Elfdalian: jäld
- Old Swedish: elder
- Swedish: eld
- Old Danish: eld
- Gutnish: eld, ild
References edit
- “eldr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press