-ræður
See also: ræður
Icelandic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse -rǿðr. Underwent an apophony (substitution of one root vowel for another) from the suffix -rað in hundrað (“a hundred”).[1] Compare the Icelandic hundrað, Latin ratiō (“reason, calculation”), reor (“I reckon, calculate; I think, deem, judge”) and ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).[1]
Alternative forms
editSuffix
edit-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)
Derived terms
editof age, height or depth
of height or depth
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editCompare ræða (“to speak, to talk, to discuss”).[1]
Alternative forms
editSuffix
edit-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)
- used in compounds; spoken of
Derived terms
edit- fjölræður (much spoken of)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Page 785 of the Íslensk orðsifjabók (Book of Icelandic Etymology). Publisher: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies), first print 1989 (→ISBN)