irra

irra (present tense irrar, past tense irra, past participle irra, passive infinitive irrast, present participle irrande, imperative irra/irr)

1. alternative spelling of irre

• arri, irar

Probably borrowed from English yeehah or yeehaw.

irra

1. yeehaw
2. Used to express displesaure or annoyance

From German irren (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪrˌa/

irra (present irrar, preterite irrade, supine irrat, imperative irra)

1. (often with a particle, especially omkring (“around”) or runt (“around”)) to wander, to stray, to rove, to ramble (move (erratically and) more or less aimlessly (due to being lost or searching for something or the like))

   Han hade irrat omkring i skogen i två dagar när vi hittade honom

   He had been wandering around the forest for two days when we found him

   Jag tog en promenad från hotellet och irrade bort mig

   I took a walk from the hotel and got lost ("irred myself lost")

   Nisse irrade iväg i fel riktning

   Nisse wandered off in the wrong direction (can also imply heading the wrong way or the like in a somewhat confused manner, like here)

• irra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• irra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• irra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• irra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• riar