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From Old East Norse diūʀ, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą.

Cognate with Swedish djur, English deer, German Tier, Dutch dier.

dyr n (singular definite dyret, plural indefinite **dyr)

  1. animal, beast (as opposed to human beings, or of human beings acting brutally)
  2. (zoology) animal (a member of Animalia)
  3. (hunting) deer (a mammal of the family Cervidae)

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, cognate with Swedish dyr, English dear, German teuer, Dutch duur.

dyr (neuter dyrt, plural and definite singular attributive dyre)

  1. expensive
  2. dear, prized
    Hendes dyreste eje.
    Her most precious possession.

Inflection of dyr

| | positive | comparative | superlative | | | -------------------------- | -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | indefinite common singular | dyr | dyrere | dyrest2 | | indefinite neuter singular | dyrt | dyrere | dyrest2 | | plural | dyre | dyrere | dyrest2 | | definite attributive1 | dyre | dyrere | dyreste |

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dyr

  1. present tense of dy

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

dyr f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural dura)

  1. door, doorway

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

dyr f pl (plural only, genitive plural dyra)

  1. a door, a doorway

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. Cognate with Swedish djur, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius), German Tier, Dutch dier, and English deer.

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural **dyr, definite plural dyra or dyrene)

  1. an animal

From Old Norse dýrr. Cognate with Swedish dyr, German teuer, Dutch duur and dier, and English dear.

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrere, indefinite superlative dyrest, definite superlative dyreste)

  1. expensive
  2. dear

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural **dyr, definite plural dyra)

  1. an animal

From Old Norse dýrr.

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrare, indefinite superlative dyrast, definite superlative dyraste)

  1. expensive
  2. dear

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

dȳr

  1. expensive, valuable

From Old Swedish dȳr, from Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

dyr (comparative dyrare, superlative dyrast)

  1. expensive
    Synonym: kostsam
    Antonym: billig
  2. (archaic) very valuable
    Synonym: värdefull
    Antonym: billig

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

dyr (definite)

  1. the

dyr

  1. Soft mutation of tyr.