hreiðr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt- (“to wind; twist; bend”), from *(s)ker- (“to wind; twist; bend”).[1]
Noun edit
hreiðr n (genitive hreiðrs, plural hreiðr)
Declension edit
Declension of hreiðr (strong a-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hreiðr | hreiðrit | hreiðr | hreiðrin |
| accusative | hreiðr | hreiðrit | hreiðr | hreiðrin |
| dative | hreiðri | hreiðrinu | hreiðrum | hreiðrunum |
| genitive | hreiðrs | hreiðrsins | hreiðra | hreiðranna |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hreiður
- Faroese: reiður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: reid, reir
- Norwegian Bokmål: reir
- Swedish: rede n
- Old Danish: rethæ
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-38”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-38