kyrr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kvirr, kyrr, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰɪrː/

  Rhymes: -ɪrː

• IPA^(key): /cʰɪːr/ (also spelled kyr)

  Rhymes: -ɪːr

• IPA^(key): /cʰʏːr/ (also spelled kjur)

  Rhymes: -ʏːr

Adjective

kyrr (comparative kyrrari, superlative kyrrastur)

1. still, calm
2. unmoving, not moving or being moved, staying in place

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrr	kyrr	kyrrt
accusative	kyrran	kyrra	kyrrt
dative	kyrrum	kyrri	kyrru
genitive	kyrrs	kyrrar	kyrrs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrir	kyrrar	kyrr
accusative	kyrra	kyrrar	kyrr
dative	kyrrum	kyrrum	kyrrum
genitive	kyrra	kyrra	kyrra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrri	kyrra	kyrra
accusative	kyrra	kyrru	kyrra
dative	kyrra	kyrru	kyrra
genitive	kyrra	kyrru	kyrra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrru	kyrru	kyrru
accusative	kyrru	kyrru	kyrru
dative	kyrru	kyrru	kyrru
genitive	kyrru	kyrru	kyrru

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrara
accusative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrara
dative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrara
genitive	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrari
accusative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrari
dative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrari
genitive	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrastur	kyrrust	kyrrast
accusative	kyrrastan	kyrrasta	kyrrast
dative	kyrrustum	kyrrastri	kyrrustu
genitive	kyrrasts	kyrrastrar	kyrrasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrastir	kyrrastar	kyrrust
accusative	kyrrasta	kyrrastar	kyrrust
dative	kyrrustum	kyrrustum	kyrrustum
genitive	kyrrastra	kyrrastra	kyrrastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrasti	kyrrasta	kyrrasta
accusative	kyrrasta	kyrrustu	kyrrasta
dative	kyrrasta	kyrrustu	kyrrasta
genitive	kyrrasta	kyrrustu	kyrrasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrustu	kyrrustu	kyrrustu
accusative	kyrrustu	kyrrustu	kyrrustu
dative	kyrrustu	kyrrustu	kyrrustu
genitive	kyrrustu	kyrrustu	kyrrustu

Synonyms

• (calm): friðsæll, kyrrlátur

Derived terms

• grafkyrr
• Kyrrahaf
• halda kyrru fyrir
• láta kyrrt
• láta kyrrt liggja

Related terms

• kyrrð

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• kjørr, kurr, kverr, kvar

Etymology

From Old Norse kyrr, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz. Cognate with Faroese kyrrur and Icelandic kyrr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çʏrː/

Adjective

kyrr (masculine and feminine kyrr, neuter kyrt, definite singular and plural kyrre, comparative kyrrare, indefinite superlative kyrrast, definite superlative kyrraste)

1. still, quiet

   Olav kyrre ― Olaf the Peaceful (Norwegian king, 1066–1093)

Related terms

• (given names): Kyrre m, Kyrra f

References

• “kyrr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kyrr” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kvirr

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kwerruz.

Adjective

kyrr (comparative kyr, superlative kyr)

1. still, quiet, at rest

   halda vápni kyrr ― to hold a weapon at rest

   sitja um kyrt ― to remain quiet

   setjast um kyrt ― to take to rest

   halda kyrru fyrir ― not to stir

2. (adverbially) gently

Declension

    Strong declension of kyrr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrr	kyrr	kyrrt, kyrt
accusative	kyrran	kyrra	kyrrt, kyrt
dative	kyrrum	kyrri	kyrru
genitive	kyrs	kyrrar	kyrs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrir	kyrrar	kyrr
accusative	kyrra	kyrrar	kyrr
dative	kyrrum	kyrrum	kyrrum
genitive	kyrra	kyrra	kyrra

    Weak declension of kyrr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrri	kyrra	kyrra
accusative	kyrra	kyrru	kyrra
dative	kyrra	kyrru	kyrra
genitive	kyrra	kyrru	kyrra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrru	kyrru	kyrru
accusative	kyrru	kyrru	kyrru
dative	kyrrum	kyrrum	kyrrum
genitive	kyrru	kyrru	kyrru

    Declension of comparative of kyrr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrara
accusative	kyrrara	kyrrari	kyrrara
dative	kyrrara	kyrrari	kyrrara
genitive	kyrrara	kyrrari	kyrrara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrari
accusative	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrari
dative	kyrrurum	kyrrurum	kyrrurum
genitive	kyrrari	kyrrari	kyrrari

    Strong declension of superlative of kyrr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrastr	kyrrust	kyrrast
accusative	kyrrastan	kyrrasta	kyrrast
dative	kyrrustum	kyrrastri	kyrrustu
genitive	kyrrasts	kyrrastrar	kyrrasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrastir	kyrrastar	kyrrust
accusative	kyrrasta	kyrrastar	kyrrust
dative	kyrrustum	kyrrustum	kyrrustum
genitive	kyrrastra	kyrrastra	kyrrastra

    Weak declension of superlative of kyrr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrasti	kyrrasta	kyrrasta
accusative	kyrrasta	kyrrustu	kyrrasta
dative	kyrrasta	kyrrustu	kyrrasta
genitive	kyrrasta	kyrrustu	kyrrasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kyrrustu	kyrrustu	kyrrustu
accusative	kyrrustu	kyrrustu	kyrrustu
dative	kyrrustum	kyrrustum	kyrrustum
genitive	kyrrustu	kyrrustu	kyrrustu

Derived terms

• kyrra (“to calm”)
• kyrra f (“calmness”)
• kyrrleikr m (“tranquility”)
• kyrrliga (“quietly”)
• kyrrligr (“calm”)
• kyrrlátr (“calm”)
• kyrrseta f (“sitting at rest”)
• kyrrsetja (“to sequester”)
• kyrrsæti n (“sitting at rest”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: kyrr, kjur
• Faroese: kyrrur, kvirrur, kúrrur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kyrr, kjørr, kurr, kverr, kvar
• Old Swedish: qvar, qvær
  • Swedish: kvar, (dialectal) kvär
• Old Danish: kwær, kwar
  • Danish: kvær, kvar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kvar
• → Middle English: querte, quarte
  • English: quart
  • Scots: quert, quart
    • ⇒ Scots: querty

References

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kyrr

1. second-person singular present imperative active of kyrra