Noun: fýri
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | fýri |
| Sg. Def. | fýrinn |
| Pl. Indef. | fýrar |
| Pl. Def. | fýrarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | fýra |
| Sg. Def. | fýrans |
| Pl. Indef. | fýra |
| Pl. Def. | fýranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | fýra |
| Sg. Def. | fýranum |
| Pl. Indef. | fýrum |
| Pl. Def. | fýrunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | fýra |
| Sg. Def. | fýrann |
| Pl. Indef. | fýra |
| Pl. Def. | fýrana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like fýri
skalli,
ǫlnbogi,
regnbogi,
blakkriði,
einriði,
ǫlbogi,
ǫkvisi,
þungi,
dauði,
gráði,
lundi,
munni,
beini,
blóði,
hneri,
hlýri,
hixti,
hegri,
trýni,
iætti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
By surface analysis, fura + -i, from Proto-Norse *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛁᛃᚨ (*furhija), from Proto-Germanic *furhiją (“forest of firs”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“tree, oak, fir”). Cognate with Old High German forst (“pine wood, pine forest”), Old English fyrhþ (“wooded country”). More at forest. See: Old English Nouns '
fyrhþ'.
Verbs referencing "fýri"
English Nouns
forest, English Nouns
fir, Latin Nouns
quercus, Middle English Nouns
firre.
Translations