elri
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
elri n (genitive singular elris, plural elri)
Declension edit
n24 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | elri | elrið | elri(r) | elrini |
Accusative | elri | elrið | elri(r) | elrini |
Dative | elri | elr(i)num | elrum | elrunum |
Genitive | elris | elrisins | elra | elranna |
Synonyms edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Faroese elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
elri n (genitive singular elris, no plural)
Declension edit
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).
Noun edit
elri n (genitive elris)
- alder (tree)
Declension edit
Declension of elri (strong ija-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “elri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press