Norðreyjar in Old Norse

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Etymology: Literally, “Northern Isles”, from norðr (“north”) + eyjar (“islands”). Etymology templates: {{m-g|Northern Isles}} “Northern Isles”, {{lit|Northern Isles}} Literally, “Northern Isles”, {{af|non|norðr|eyjar|t1=north|t2=islands}} norðr (“north”) + eyjar (“islands”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=f-p|g2=|head=|tr=}} Norðreyjar f pl, {{non-proper noun|f-p}} Norðreyjar f pl

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “Northern Isles”, from norðr (“north”) + eyjar (“islands”).",
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        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "name": "Islands",
          "orig": "non:Islands",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Norðreyjar"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Northern Isles"
      },
      "expansion": "“Northern Isles”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
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        "1": "Northern Isles"
      },
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      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
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        "2": "norðr",
        "3": "eyjar",
        "t1": "north",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “Northern Isles”, from norðr (“north”) + eyjar (“islands”).",
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      ],
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        "the Northern Isles"
      ],
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          "Northern Isles"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "Norðreyjar"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"Norðreyjar" meaning in Old Norse

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