eldr
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.
Noun
editeldr m (genitive elds, plural eldar)
Declension
edit Declension of eldr (strong a-stem)
Descendants
editMany of the eastern descendants come from eildr instead.
- Icelandic: eldur
- Faroese: eldur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eld
- Elfdalian: jäld
- Old Swedish: elder
- Swedish: eld
- Old Danish: eld
- Gutnish: eld, ild
References
edit- “eldr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press