eyra

eyra

See also: -eyra

English

Etymology

Native South American name.

Noun

eyra (plural eyras)

1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

Anagrams

• Arey, Ayer, Ayre, Raye, Reay, Yare, aery, ayre, y'are, yare, year

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeira/, [ˈeiːra]

  Rhymes: -eiːra

  Homophones: eira

Noun

eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru)

1. ear (organ of hearing)
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Inn vari gestur

     er til verðar kemur

     þunnu hljóði þegir,

     eyrum hlýðir,

     en augum skoðar.

     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest

     who goes to the feast,

     In silent attention sits;

     With his ears he hears,

     with his eyes he watches,

     Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

declension of eyra

n-w	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyra	eyrað	eyru	eyrun
accusative	eyra	eyrað	eyru	eyrun
dative	eyra	eyranu	eyrum	eyrunum
genitive	eyra	eyrans	eyrna	eyrnanna

Derived terms

• eyrnamergur
• skolleyru

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- (“ear”). Compare Old Dutch, Old High German, and Old Saxon ōra, Old English ēare, Old Frisian āre, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō).

Noun

eyra n

1. ear

Declension

  Declension of eyra (weak an-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyra	eyrat	eyru	eyrun
accusative	eyra	eyrat	eyru	eyrun
dative	eyra	eyranu	eyrum	eyrunum
genitive	eyra	eyrans	eyrna	eyrnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: eyra
• Faroese: oyra
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øre

  Nynorsk: øyra, øyre

• Old Swedish: ø̄ra
  • Swedish: öra, öör
• Old Danish: ø̄ræ
  • Danish: øre
• Old Gutnish: oyra
  • Gutnish: åire
• Scanian: ǿra
• Elfdalian: ära
• Westrobothnian: öir, aar, ooir, åir

References

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

eyra

1. indefinite genitive plural of eyrr