timbr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *timrą. Akin to English timber.

Noun

timbr n (genitive timbrs)

  1. timber

Declension

Declension of timbr (strong a-stem, singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite definite
nominative timbr timbrit
accusative timbr timbrit
dative timbri timbrinu
genitive timbrs timbrsins

Descendants

  • Icelandic: timbur
  • Faroese: timbur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: timber; (dialectal) tymbur, tymbr, tembr
  • Old Swedish: timber
  • Old Danish: tymbær

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “timbr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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