jór

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jor"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse jór, from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jouːr/

  Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

jór m (genitive singular jós, nominative plural jóar)

1. (poetic) horse

Synonyms

• (horse): fákur, hestur, hross

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛖᚢᚨᛉ (*euaʀ) or *ᛖᚢᛉ (*euʀ), from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, whence also Old English eoh, Old Saxon ehu, Old High German ehu, Gothic *𐌰𐌹𐍈𐍃 (*aiƕs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”), whence also Latin equus, Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos) Old Irish ech (Irish each), Tocharian A yuk, Tocharian B yakwe, Avestan aspa-, Proto-Balto-Slavic *éśwāˀ (Lithuanian ašvà), Sanskrit अश्व (áśva).

Noun

jór m

1. (poetic, heiti) horse, stallion

Declension

  Declension of jór (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jór	jórinn	jóar	jóarnir
accusative	jó	jóinn	jóa	jóana
dative	jói	jóinum	jóum	jóunum
genitive	jós	jósins	jóa	jóanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: jór