týr

See also: Týr, tyr, and Tyr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse týr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰiːr/
Rhymes: -iːr

Homophone: Týr

Noun

týr m (genitive singular týs, nominative plural tívar)

(poetic) god (referring one of the pagan gods)

Declension

Declension of *týr* (masculine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	týr	týrinn	tívar	tívarnir
accusative	tý	týinn	tíva	tívana
dative	tý	týnum	tívum	tívunum
genitive	týs	týsins	tíva	tívanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz (“god”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Identical to Týr (“Tyr, Tiw”).

Noun

týr m (genitive týs, plural tívar)

(poetic, Germanic paganism) god
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr ór Hvíni, Haustlǫng, 8/1–4
  Fló með fróðgum tívi · fangsæll of veg langan
  sveita nagr, svát slitna · sundr ulfs faðir mundi.
  The bird of blood [EAGLE = Þjazi], happy in its catch, flew a long way with the wise god [= Loki], so that the Wolf’s father [= Loki] was about to be torn apart.

Declension

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Declension of *týr* (strong wa-stem)
masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	týr	týrinn	tívar	tívarnir
accusative	tý	týinn	tíva	tívana
dative	tívi	tívinum	tívum, tíum	tíunum
genitive	týs	týs	tíva	tívanna

Derived terms

sigtívar (“victory-gods”)
valtívar (“gods of the slain”)
Farmatýr (“god of cargoes; Odin”)
Valtýr (“god of the slain; Odin”)

Descendants

Icelandic: tívar
>? Faroese: tívi
Norwegian Nynorsk: tivar