eyra

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English

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Etymology

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Native South American name. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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eyra (plural eyras)

  1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

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French

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Etymology

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From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Native South American name.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛj.ʁa/
  • Audio (Switzerland):(file)

Noun

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eyra m (plural eyras)

  1. (architecture) cougar, (Puma yagouaroundi eyra)

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru)

  1. 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.
Declension
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    Declension of eyra
n-w singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eyra eyrað eyru eyrun
accusative eyra eyrað eyru eyrun
dative eyra eyranu eyrum eyrunum
genitive eyra eyrans eyrna eyrnanna
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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eyra f

  1. indefinite genitive plural of eyri (sandbank)

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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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

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eyra n

  1. (anatomy) ear
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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eyra f (genitive eyru)

  1. Alternative form of eyrr

Etymology 3

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Noun

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eyra

  1. indefinite genitive plural of eyrr

References

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  • eyra in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.