leir
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”). Cf. Danish ler, Norwegian Nynorsk leire and Swedish lera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleiːr/
- Rhymes: -eiːr
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
leir f or m (definite singular leira or leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire
References
- “leir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
References
- “leir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
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