dýr

• IPA^(key): /tʊiːjɹ/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːjɹ

dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, plural dýr)

1. animal

• djór

• dýraslag
• dýraætt
• lindýr
• skordýr
• skeldýr

dýr

1. expensive, feminine nominative singular of dýrur
2. expensive, neuter nominative/accusative plural of dýrur

• IPA^(key): /tiːr/

  Rhymes: -iːr

From Old Norse dýrr from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, whence also Old English dīere (English dear), Old High German tiuri. Cognates with Danish dyr, Faroese dýrur, Norwegian Bokmål dyr and Swedish dyr.

dýr (comparative dýrari, superlative dýrastur) or dýr (comparative dýrri, superlative dýrstur)

1. expensive, costly
2. valuable, precious

• (expensive): kostnaðarsamur

• rándýr
• dýrkeyptur
• Dýrmundur

From Old Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą. Cognate with Faroese dýr, Danish dyr, Swedish djur, Old English dēor (> English deer), Old High German tior (> German Tier).

dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, nominative plural dýr)

1. animal, beast

• (animal): skepna

• skordýr
• húsdýr
• spendýr
• froskdýr
• skrápdýr
• villidýr
• hreindýr
• tígrisdýr
• nagdýr
• gæludýr

• diūʀ — Old East Norse
• djór

From Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

dýr n (genitive dýrs, plural dýr) (Old West Norse)

1. animal

• Icelandic: dýr
• Faroese: dýr, djór
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dyr