Noun: aurr
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | aurr |
| Sg. Def. | aurrinn |
| Pl. Indef. | aurar |
| Pl. Def. | aurarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | aurs |
| Sg. Def. | aursins |
| Pl. Indef. | aura |
| Pl. Def. | auranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | auri |
| Sg. Def. | aurinum |
| Pl. Indef. | aurum |
| Pl. Def. | aurunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | aur |
| Sg. Def. | aurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | aura |
| Pl. Def. | aurana |
Sample Sentences
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[…] aurr etr iljar, / en ofan kuldi, […] ([…] mud tears our feet, / frost freezes our forms, […]) [Grottasöngr, verse 15, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 203]
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Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill
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hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […] (I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill
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a high tree, washed / with white mud; […]) [Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4]
Nouns inflected like aurr
skarfr,
øruggleikr,
stríðleikr,
greypleikr,
mildleikr,
hildileikr,
þykkleikr,
úfríðleikr,
vitrleikr,
jarldómr,
kunnleikr,
slœgleikr,
auraskortr,
tíðleikr,
roskinleikr,
horskleikr,
sandmelr,
døkkleikr,
skærleikr,
værleikr, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet sand or earth, mud”). Cognate with Old English ēar and possibly Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 (aurahjōm), an inflection of an obscure Gothic word.
Verbs referencing "aurr"
Old English Nouns
ear, Icelandic Nouns
aur, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
aur, Danish Nouns
ør.
Translations