keyra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse keyra, from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną, whence also Danish køre (“to drive, travel”). No known direct correspondence in West or East Germanic, but perhaps cognate with English chare, German kehren, or with Serbo-Croatian журити (се)/žúriti (se) (“to hurry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰeiːra/
    Rhymes: -eiːra

Verb

keyra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative keyrði, supine keyrt)

  1. drive

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”).

Verb

keyra

  1. (transitive) to whip, lash
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to ride
  3. (transitive) to fling

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: keyra
  • Faroese: koyra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: køyra
  • Old Swedish: kø̄ra
  • Danish: køre
  • → Middle English: cairen, kayren
    • English: cair (obsolete or dialectal)

References

  • “keyra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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