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.
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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)
Noun
eyra m (plural eyras)
Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.
Pronunciation
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)
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Etymology 2
Noun
eyra f
- indefinite genitive plural of eyri (“sandbank”)
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).
Noun
eyra n
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: eyra
- Faroese: oyra
- Norwegian Nynorsk: øyra, øyre; øra; øre
- Jamtish: ǿre
- Elfdalian: ära
- Old Swedish: ø̄ra
- Old Danish: ø̄ræ
- Old Gutnish: oyra
- Gutnish: åire
Etymology 2
Noun
eyra f (genitive eyru)
- Alternative form of eyrr
Etymology 3
Noun
eyra
References
- eyra in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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