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eldr

eldr

Old Norse

Noun

eldr m (genitive elds, plural eldar)

fire

Declension

Declension of eldr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eldr	eldrinn	eldar	eldarnir
accusative	eld	eldinn	elda	eldana
dative	eldi	eldinum	eldum	eldunum
genitive	elds	eldsins	elda	eldanna

Descendants

Danish: ild c
Faroese: eldur m
Icelandic: eldur m

Norwegian (bokmål): ild c, m
Norwegian (nynorsk): eld m
Swedish: eld c (Old Swedish elder)

References

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