Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz, whence also Old English hlāf.

Noun edit

hleifr m (genitive hleifs, plural hleifar)

  1. loaf
  2. bread

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: hleifur
  • Faroese: leivur
  • Norwegian: leiv
  • Old Swedish: lēver
  • Old Danish: lev

References edit

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