þurr

See also: turr and yurr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θʏrː/
    Rhymes: -ʏrː

Adjective

þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastur)

  1. dry; without liquid
  2. (informal) dry, alcohol-free; without alcohol
    Þetta var þurr helgi.
    It was an alcohol-free weekend.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • þurr á manninn (brusque)
  • upp úr þurru (suddenly, out of nothing, unprovoked)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • þyrr (Trønder dialect of Old Norwegian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from the root *ters- (“dry”).

Adjective

þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastr)

  1. dry

Declension

Derived terms

  • þurrafrost n (“dry frost”)
  • þurrfasta (“to fast on fish and vegetable food”)
  • þurrfasta f (“fasting on fish and vegetable food”)
  • þurrfjallr (“dry-skinned; in dry clothes”)
  • þurrfœtis (“without wetting the feet”, adverb)
  • þurrleikr m (“dryness”)
  • þurrlendi n (“dry land”)
  • þurrlendr (“with dry soil”)
  • þurrligr (“dry”)
  • þurrlyndi n (“dryness, surliness”)
  • þurrviðri n (“dry weather”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þurr
  • Faroese: turrur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: turr, tørr
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tørr
  • Old Swedish: þør, þor
  • Old Danish: thur, thiur, thyr

References

  • þurr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • M. Hægstad (1899) Gamalt trøndermaal : upplysningar um maalet i Trøndelag fyrr 1350 og ei utgreiding um vokalverket, page 1</ref>
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