diūʀ

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun

diūʀ n (genitive diūʀs, plural diūʀ) (Old East Norse)

  1. animal

Declension

Declension of diūʀ (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diūʀ diūʀit diūʀ diūʀin
accusative diūʀ diūʀit diūʀ diūʀin
dative diūʀi diūʀinu diūʀum diūʀumin
genitive diūʀs diūʀsins diūʀa diūʀanna

Descendants

  • Old Swedish: diūr, ᚦᛁᚢᚱ
    • Swedish: djur
  • Old Danish: diūr
    • Danish: dyr, (obsolete) djur
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dyr
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