elrir

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• elri
• órir, ǫlr

Etymology

From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).

Noun

elrir m (genitive elris)

1. alder (tree)

Declension

  Declension of elrir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	elrir	elririnn	elrar	elrarnir
accusative	elri	elrinn	elra	elrana
dative	elri	elrinum	elrum	elrunum
genitive	elris	elrisins	elra	elranna

References

• “elrir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press