þeyr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þeyr, from Proto-Germanic *þaujaz. Cognate with Faroese toyggjur, Norwegian tøyr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeiːr/
  • Rhymes: -eiːr
  • Homophone: þeir

Noun

þeyr m (genitive singular þeys, no plural)

  1. thaw (warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen)
    Synonyms: hláka, þíða, bloti

Declension

Declension of þeyr (sg-only masculine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative þeyr þeyrinn
accusative þey þeyinn
dative þey þeynum
genitive þeys þeysins

Middle English

Determiner

þeyr

  1. alternative form of þeir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaujaz.

Noun

þeyr m (genitive þeys, plural þeyir)

  1. thaw

Declension

Declension of þeyr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þeyr þeyrinn þeyir þeyirnir
accusative þey þeyinn þeyi þeyina
dative þey þeynum þeyjum þeyjunum
genitive þeys þeysins þeyja þeyjanna
  • þá f (“thawed ground”)

Descendants

  • Danish: tø c
  • Faroese: toyggjur
  • Icelandic: þeyr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøyr m
  • Swedish: tö n

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þeyr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 511; also available at the Internet Archive
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