elrir
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- elri
- órir, ǫlr
Etymology
From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).
Noun
elrir m (genitive elris)
- alder (tree)
Declension
Declension of elrir (strong ija-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | elrir | elririnn | elrar | elrarnir |
accusative | elri | elrinn | elra | elrana |
dative | elri | elrinum | elrum | elrunum |
genitive | elris | elrisins | elra | elranna |
References
- elrir in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press