leir

From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaiːɾ/

leir n (genitive singular leirs, uncountable)

1. clay

This word is for the sculpting material. For the material found in soil, see leirjørð.

• leirvørur (pottery, clay wares)
• leirker (clay vessel)
• leirkerasmiður (potter)

• "leir" at Sprotin.fo

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleiːr/

  Rhymes: -eiːr

leir m (genitive singular leirs, no plural)

1. clay

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

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

1. a camp

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire

• “leir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. a camp

• “leir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• iler, leir, leri, lêri, lier, lire, reil

leir

1. alternative spelling of léir

leir

1. (Surmiran) alternative form of vuleir