flórr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flōraz, whence also English floor.

Noun

flórr m (genitive flórs)

1. floor of a cow-house

Declension

  Declension of flórr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flórr	flórrinn	flórar	flórarnir
accusative	flór	flórinn	flóra	flórana
dative	flóri	flórinum	flórum	flórunum
genitive	flórs	flórsins	flóra	flóranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: flór
• Faroese: flórur
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flor
• Swedish: flo (also flor)
• Danish: flor (obsolete except in Bornholmian)

References

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