spir
Danish
Etymology
From English spire, via Old Danish spir.
Noun
spir n (definite singular spiret, indefinite plural spir, definite plural spirene)
- (architecture) a spire
References
- “spir” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
spir m (definite singular spiren, indefinite plural spir or spirer, definite plural spirene)
- a point (on an antler)
Noun
spir n (definite singular spiret, indefinite plural spir, definite plural spira or spirene)
- (architecture) a spire
References
- “spir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
spir m (definite singular spiren, indefinite plural spirar, definite plural spirane)
- point? (as above)
Noun
spir n (definite singular spiret, indefinite plural spir, definite plural spira)
- (architecture) a spire
References
- “spir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spiːr/
Noun
spīr ?
- spire (stalk of a plant)
Descendants
- English: spire
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “spír”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Romansch
Adjective
spir m (feminine singular spira, masculine plural spirs, feminine plural spiras)