þerrir
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editProbably from a deverbative noun of Proto-Germanic *þarzijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun
editþerrir m (genitive þerris, plural þerrar)
Declension
edit Declension of þerrir (strong ija-stem)
Derived terms
edit- þerraleysi n (“want of dry weather”)
- þerridagr m (“dry day”)
- þerrileysa f (“wet season”)
- þerrileysusumar n (“wet summer”)
- þerrisamr (“good for drying”)
- þerrisumar n (“dry summer”)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- þerrir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editþerrir