diūʀ

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• dýr — Old West Norse
• dȳʀ (ʀ-umlaut)
• ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ) (runic)

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun

diūʀ n (genitive diūʀs, plural diūʀ) (Old East Norse)

1. animal

Declension

  Declension of diūʀ (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diūʀ	diūʀit	diūʀ	diūʀin
accusative	diūʀ	diūʀit	diūʀ	diūʀin
dative	diūʀi	diūʀinu	diūʀum	diūʀumin
genitive	diūʀs	diūʀsins	diūʀa	diūʀanna

Descendants

• Old Swedish: diūr, ᚦᛁᚢᚱ
  • Swedish: djur
• Old Danish: diūr
  • Danish: dyr, (obsolete) djur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dyr