-ræður
See also: ræður
Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse -rǿðr. Underwent an apophony (substitution of one root vowel for another) from the suffix -rað in hundrað (“a hundred”).[1] Compare the Icelandic hundrað, Latin ratiō (“reason, calculation”), reor (“I reckon, calculate; I think, deem, judge”) and ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).[1]
Alternative forms
- (dated, archaic) -rœður, -rœðr[1]
Suffix
-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)
Derived terms
Icelandic terms suffixed with -ræður
of height or depth
- tólfræður
Related terms
- -ræði
- ræðinn
- -ræðni
Alternative forms
- (dated, archaic) -rœður, -rœðr[1]
Suffix
-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)
- used in compounds; spoken of
Derived terms
- fjölræður (much spoken of)
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Page 785 of the Íslensk orðsifjabók (Book of Icelandic Etymology). Publisher: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies), first print 1989 (→ISBN)
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