different between eyrie vs eyrir

English

Alternative forms

• eyry, aerie, aery, ayrie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ?rea.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????i/, /????i/, /?a??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???i/, /???i/, /?a??i/
• Rhymes: -??ri

Noun

eyrie (plural eyries)

1. The nest of a bird of prey.
2. Any high and remote but commanding place.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus.

Noun

eyrir (plural aurar)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ei?r?r]
• Rhymes: -ei?r?r
• Homophone: eirir

Noun

eyrir m (genitive singular eyris, nominative plural aurar)

1. A subdivision of currency, one hundredth 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 (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (m?rk) or sixty pennies (penningar)
2. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) money

Declension

Synonyms

• fé (money, property, wealth)

Descendants

• Icelandic: eyrir
• Faroese: oyra
• Norwegian: øre
• Old Swedish: ø?ri, ø?re
  • Swedish: öre
• Old Danish: øræ
  • Danish: øre
• Gutnish: öre
• ? Finnish: äyri

References

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