Noun: hlýri
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | hlýri |
| Sg. Def. | hlýrinn |
| Pl. Indef. | hlýrar |
| Pl. Def. | hlýrarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | hlýra |
| Sg. Def. | hlýrans |
| Pl. Indef. | hlýra |
| Pl. Def. | hlýranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | hlýra |
| Sg. Def. | hlýranum |
| Pl. Indef. | hlýrum |
| Pl. Def. | hlýrunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | hlýra |
| Sg. Def. | hlýrann |
| Pl. Indef. | hlýra |
| Pl. Def. | hlýrana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like hlýri
skalli,
ǫlnbogi,
regnbogi,
blakkriði,
einriði,
ǫlbogi,
ǫkvisi,
þungi,
dauði,
gráði,
lundi,
munni,
beini,
blóði,
hneri,
hlýri,
hixti,
hegri,
trýni,
iætti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Related to hlýr (“cheek”), further to Old English hlēor (“cheek, face”), thus literally meaning something like "held by the same cheek". Compare the similarly formed barmi (“brother”) (from barmr (“breast”)). See: Old English Nouns '
hlēor'.
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