reyrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rauzaz, *rauzą, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to plait, wattle”), see also Irish rusg (“bark”), Latin restis (“rope”), Lithuanian režģis (“basketwork”), Serbo-Croatian rògoz (“reed”), Ancient Greek ἄρριχος (árrhikhos, “basket”), Persian رغزه (rağza, “woollen cloth”).

Germanic cognates include Old High German rōr (German Rohr), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 (raus). Compare also Danish ruse (“a type of woven basket”), Old English rysc (English rush).

Noun

reyrr m

1. reed

Declension

  Declension of reyrr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reyrr	reyrrinn	reyrar	reyrarnir
accusative	reyr	reyrinn	reyra	reyrana
dative	reyri	reyrinum	reyrum	reyrunum
genitive	reyrs	reyrsins	reyra	reyranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: reyr m
• Norwegian (nynorsk): røyr f or n
• Swedish: rör n
• Danish: rør n

References

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