English

Noun

eyrir ‎(plural aurar)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of an Icelandic króna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus ‎(“gold coin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeiːrɪr]
• Rhymes: -eiːrɪr
• Homophone: eirir

Noun

eyrir m ‎(genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)

1. A subdivision of currency, 1/100th of an Icelandic króna, Swedish krona or Danish or Norwegian krone.

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aurijaz, from Latin aureus ‎(“gold coin”).

Noun

eyrir m (genitive eyris, plural aurar)

1. an ounce (usu. of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
2. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money

Declension

Descendants

References

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