eldr

eldr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.

Noun

eldr m (genitive elds, plural eldar)

1. fire

Declension

  Declension of eldr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eldr	eldrinn	eldar	eldarnir
accusative	eld	eldinn	elda	eldana
dative	eldi	eldinum	eldum	eldunum
genitive	elds	eldsins	elda	eldanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: eldur
• Faroese: eldur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eld
• Norwegian Bokmål: ild
• Old Swedish: elder
  • Swedish: eld
• Old Danish: eld
  • Danish: ild
    • North Frisian: iilj
• Elfdalian: jäld
• Gutnish: eld, ild
• Scanian: élð, ílð
• Westrobothnian: el, il

References

• eldr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press