elri

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlɹɪ/

Noun

elri n (genitive singular elris, plural elri)

  1. alder

Declension
n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative elri elrið elri(r) elrini
Accusative elri elrið elri(r) elrini
Dative elri elr(i)num elrum elrunum
Genitive elris elrisins elra elranna

Synonyms
  • elrisviður
  • ølur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse elri, ǫlr (compare Faroese elri, Norwegian older, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlrɪ/

Noun

elri n (genitive singular elris, no plural)

  1. alder
    Synonym: ölur

Declension
declension of elri
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative elri elrið
accusative elri elrið
dative elri elrinu
genitive elris elrisins

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From some variant of Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).

Noun

elri n (genitive elris)

  1. alder (tree)

Declension
  Declension of elri (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elri elrit elri elrin
accusative elri elrit elri elrin
dative elri elrinu elrum elrunum
genitive elris elrisins elra elranna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: elri
  • Faroese: elri

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