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leir

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See also: leír, léir, and lèir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leir (clay, mud), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (clay), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (to smear). Compare dialectal English lair (a bog, a mire). Cf. Danish ler, Norwegian Nynorsk leire and Swedish lera.

Pronunciation

Noun

leir m (genitive singular leirs, no plural)

  1. clay

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.

Noun

leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)

  1. a camp
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

leir f or m (definite singular leira or leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.

Noun

leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirar, definite plural leirane)

  1. a camp

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Old Irish

Adjective

leir

  1. alternative spelling of léir

Romansch

Verb

leir

  1. (Surmiran) alternative form of vuleir

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