Týr

See also: tyr, Tyr, and týr

Faroese

Noun

Týr

  1. accusative of Týrur

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz; identical to týr (god). Cognate with Old English Tīw, Old Saxon Tīi, Old High German Zīu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tyːr]

Proper noun

Týr m (genitive Týs)

  1. Tyr, an áss in Norse mythology

Declension

Declension of Týr (strong wa-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Týr
accusative
dative tívi
genitive Týs

dative singular *Tívi not attested

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: Týr
    • Danish: Tyr
    • English: Tyr
    • Russian: Тюр (Tjur)
    • Swedish: Tyr
  • Faroese: Týrur
  • Norwegian: Ty
  • Old Swedish:
    • Swedish: Ti
  • Danish: Ty, Ti (dialectal, place names)