See also: dyrr

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, whence also Old English dīere (English dear), Old High German tiuri.

PronunciationEdit

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈdyːrː/

AdjectiveEdit

dýrr (comparative dýrri, superlative dýrstr)

  1. dear, valuable

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Danish: dyr
  • Faroese: dýrur
  • Icelandic: dýr
  • Norwegian: dyr
  • Swedish: dyr

ReferencesEdit

  • "dýrr", Geir T. Zoëga (1910), A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford at the Claredon Press, page 100