hreindýri

Old Norse

Etymology

From hreinn +‎ dýr.

Noun

hreindýri n

  1. reindeer

Descendants

  • → Middle English: reynder, rayndeer, raynder, rayne-dere, reyndere (partial calque)
    • English: reindeer
    • Middle Scots: ranedere, rane deir

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hreindýri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 208; also available at the Internet Archive
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