hyrr

See also: hýrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hurjaz (“burning coal”). See also Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”).

Noun

hyrr m (genitive hyrjar)

  1. (poetic) fire
    1. (in kennings) sword
      hyrr hjaldrs
      the fire of battle [SWORD]

Declension

Declension of hyrr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hyrr hyrrinn hyrir hyrirnir
accusative hyr hyrinn hyri hyrina
dative hyr hyrinum hyrjum hyrjunum
genitive hyrjar hyrjarins hyrja hyrjanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hyrr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hurja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
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