eyra
See also: -eyra
English
Etymology
Native South American name. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
eyra (plural eyras)
- A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.
French
Etymology
From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Native South American name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛj.ʁa/
Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Icelandic
Etymology 1
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)
- ear (organ of hearing)
- c. 1270s, Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
- 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.
- The knowing guest
- c. 1270s, Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
Declension
Derived terms
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).
Declension
Descendants
References
- eyra in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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