þerrir
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Probably from a deverbative noun of Proto-Germanic *þarzijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun
þerrir m (genitive þerris, plural þerrar)
- drying
- Synonym: þurka
- dry weather
- Synonym: þurrviðri
Declension
Declension of þerrir (strong ija-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þerrir | þerririnn | þerrar | þerrarnir |
accusative | þerri | þerrinn | þerra | þerrana |
dative | þerri | þerrinum | þerrum | þerrunum |
genitive | þerris | þerrisins | þerra | þerranna |
Derived terms
- þerraleysi n (“want of dry weather”)
- þerridagr m (“dry day”)
- þerrileysa f (“wet season”)
- þerrileysusumar n (“wet summer”)
- þerrisamr (“good for drying”)
- þerrisumar n (“dry summer”)
Related terms
- þerra (“to make dry”)
- þurr (“dry”)
References
- þerrir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Verb
þerrir
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of þerra
- second-person singular present subjunctive of þerra