týr

See also: Týr, tyr, and Tyr

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse týr.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tʰiːr/
Rhymes: -iːr

Homophone: Týr

Noun edit

týr m (genitive singular týs, nominative plural tívar)

(poetic) god (referring one of the pagan gods)

Declension edit

declension of týr

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
týr	singular		plural
nominative	týr	týrinn	tívar	tívarnir
accusative	tý	týinn	tíva	tívana
dative	tý	týnum	tívum	tívunum
genitive	týs	týsins	tíva	tívanna

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz (“god”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Identical to Týr (“Tyr, Tiw”).

Noun edit

týr m (genitive týs, plural tívar)

(poetic, Germanic paganism) god

Declension edit

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Declension of týr (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	týr	týrinn	tívar	tívarnir
accusative	tý	týinn	tíva	tívana
dative	tívi	tívinum	tívum, tíum	tíunum
genitive	týs	týs	tíva	tívanna

Derived terms edit

sigtívar (“victory-gods”)
valtívar (“gods of the slain”)
Farmatýr (“god of cargoes; Odin”)
Valtýr (“god of the slain; Odin”)

Descendants edit

Icelandic: tívar
>? Faroese: tívi
Norwegian Nynorsk: tivar