þeyr

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þeyr, from Proto-Germanic *þaujaz. Cognate with Faroese toyggjur, Norwegian tøyr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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þeyr m (genitive singular þeys, no plural)

  1. thaw (warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen)
    Synonyms: hláka, þíða, bloti

Declension

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    Declension of þeyr
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative þeyr þeyrinn
accusative þey þeyinn
dative þey þeynum
genitive þeys þeysins
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Middle English

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Determiner

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þeyr

  1. Alternative form of þeir

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þaujaz.

Noun

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þeyr m (genitive þeys, plural þeyir)

  1. thaw

Declension

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  • þá f (thawed ground)

Descendants

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  • Danish:  c
  • Faroese: toyggjur
  • Icelandic: þeyr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøyr m
  • Swedish:  n

References

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  • þeyr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.