fírar

See also: firar

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *firhwijaz (“men, people”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body, life”). Cognate with Old English fīras, Old Saxon fīrihos, Old High German fīraha, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus).

Noun

fírar m pl

  1. (poetic) men, people

Declension

Declension of fírar (strong ija-stem, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative fírar fírarnir
accusative fíra fírana
dative fírum fírunum
genitive fíra fíranna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fírar, firar

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “fírar”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 156
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fírar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 137; also available at the Internet Archive
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