fyrs

See also: fýrs

Danish

Noun

fyrs c

1. indefinite genitive singular of fyr

Noun

fyrs n

1. indefinite genitive singular of fyr
2. indefinite genitive plural of fyr

Middle English

Noun

fyrs

1. alternative form of firse

Old English

Etymology

Uncertain; thought to be related to Ancient Greek πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) via Proto-Indo-European *puHrós or similar, and/or to fȳr (“fire”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fyrs/, [fyrˠs]

Noun

fyrs m

1. furze, gorse

   Synonym: gorst

2. buckthorn

Descendants

• Middle English: firse, fyrs, furs, ferse, forse, fyrrys, vors, virs
  • English: furze

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fyrs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Noun

fyrs

1. indefinite genitive singular of fyr

Anagrams

• frys