fyr

Possibly a contraction of Middle Low German fīrburs (“unemployed craftsman”).

• IPA^(key): /fyːˀr/, [ˈfyɐ̯ˀ]

fyr c (singular definite fyren, plural indefinite fyre)

1. (informal) guy (a younger male person)
2. (colloquial) boyfriend (a male lover)

From Middle Low German vǖr, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, cognate with English fire, German Feuer, Dutch vuur. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”), which is also the source of Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

• IPA^(key): /fyːˀr/, [ˈfyɐ̯ˀ]

fyr n (singular definite fyret, plural indefinite fyr)

1. lighthouse, radio beacon (a tower that guides ships)
2. boiler (a device to produce heat from gas or oil)
3. (uncountable, in the indefinite) fire, light (in something)

• fyrtårn

From Old Norse fura.

• IPA^(key): /fyr/, [ˈfyɐ̯]

fyr c (singular definite fyrren, plural indefinite fyrre)

1. pine (a tree of the genus Pinus)
2. pinewood, deal (wood from a pine)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /fyːˀr/, [ˈfyɐ̯ˀ]

fyr

1. imperative of fyre

From Old English fȳr, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr.

• fier, vir, fer, fur

• IPA^(key): /fiːr/

fyr (uncountable)

1. fire

• fyr-brand
• fyry

• English: fire
  • → Japanese: ファイヤー (faiyā)
  • Sranan Tongo: faya
• Scots: fyre, feier
• Yola: vire, vier

• “fīr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

fyr

1. Alternative form of firre

Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning a full-fledged craftsman who is unemployed.

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrer, definite plural fyrene)

1. guy, bloke

   Synonyms: gubbe, kar, mann

   Han er en merkelig fyr ― he is a weird guy

   Sjekk den fyren der ― check out that guy (over there)

From Old Norse fýrr, cognate with its Nordic equivalents, Old Frisian fiur, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer and English fire. Believed to ultimately stem from Proto-Germanic *fōr, and Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, which also is the origin of Greek πυρ (pyr).

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrer, definite plural fyrene)

1. the presence of fire

   Synonyms: ild, flamme

   Å sette fyr på noe ― to set something on fire

   Skogen tok fyr ― the forest caught fire

   Fyr! ― fire! (when using firearms)

   Har du fyr? ― Got a light? (for cigarettes or similar)

2. furnace room, boiler room, stokehold

   Synonyms: fyrrom, ildsted

   Jeg har jobbet i fyren hele dagen ― I've been working in the boiler the whole day

• fyrig

As for Etymology 2.

fyr n (definite singular fyret, indefinite plural fyr, definite plural fyra or fyrene)

1. lighthouse, beacon

   Synonym: fyrtårn

   Fyret har stått der siden 1800-tallet. ― The lighthouse has been there since the 1800s.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fyr

1. imperative of fyre

• “fyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning an unemployed craftsman.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)

1. guy, bloke
   • 1863, Ivar Aasen, Høgferd:

     Det er den største Gleda, ein liten Fyr kann faa, at han slepp upp i Høgdi, so Folk maa honom sjaa […]

     It is the greatest joy a little guy can have, to make it into the heights, so that people can see him […]

From Old Norse fýrr, cognate with its Nordic equivalents, Old Frisian fiur, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer and English fire. Believed to ultimately stem from Proto-Germanic *fōr, and Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, which also is the origin of Greek πυρ (pyr).

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)

1. fire
2. light (means of starting a fire)

   Har du fyr?

   Do you have a light?

Eigerøy fyr.

fyr n (definite singular fyret, indefinite plural fyr, definite plural fyra)

1. lighthouse, beacon

• Until recently, the Norwegian language authorities accepted a masculine inflection of this noun in the sense of a lighthouse. Masculine is also the gender listed by Ivar Aasen in his dictionary of 1850.

• blinkfyr
• fyrlys
• fyrskip
• fyrtøy
• trafikkfyr
• vera i fyr og flamme (“be full of enthusiasm”, literally “be on fire and flame”)
• ta fyr (“catch fire”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/

fyr

1. imperative of fyra

• “fyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Fyr”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/

fȳr n

1. fire
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Another Vision"

     Sē līeġ wæs mid manna sāwlum āfylled, and hīe āsprungon upp mid þām fȳre swā swā spearcan.

     The flame was filled with people's souls, and they sprang up with the fire like sparks.

   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 473

     Þā Wēalas flugon þā Engle swā swā fȳr.

     The Welsh fled the English like fire.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 14:54

     Hē sæt mid þām weardum and wiermde hine æt þǣm fȳre.

     He sat with the guards and warmed himself by the fire.

• fȳren
• fȳrian
• fȳrhūs
• fȳrtorr
• wilde fȳr

• Middle English: fyr, fier, vir, fer, fur
  • English: fire
    • → Japanese: ファイヤー (faiyā)
    • Sranan Tongo: faya
  • Scots: fyre, feier
  • Yola: vire, vier

Comparative of feor.

• IPA^(key): /fyr/

fyr

1. Alternative form of fierr

Short form of fyrir.

fyr

1. Alternative form of fyrir

Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning an unemployed craftsman.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/
• Rhymes: -yːr

fyr c

1. a (happy) fellow, a chap
   • 1981, “Luffarvisan [The tramp song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Gösta Linderholm (music), performed by Allan Edwall, Erik Lindgren:

     Se på luffarn [luffaren] som går här på vägen.
     Se på luffarn [luffaren], Guds lille fyr.
     Så snart som det blir vår
     går han ut och går
     för att söka sig äventyr.

     Look at the tramp walking here on the road.
     Look at the tramp, God's little chap.
     As soon as spring arrives [as soon as it becomes spring]
     he goes out and walks
     to seek [himself] adventure.

Bit old-fashioned.

From Old Norse fúrr, fýr, fýrir, funi, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂wṓr, earlier *péh₂wōr, collective of *péh₂wr̥.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/
• Rhymes: -yːr

fyr c

1. a lighthouse
   • 1928, Riksdagens protokoll vid lagtima riksmötet, page 134:

     Fyrarna kunde förses med ledande lysvinklar och medelt kabelanslutning erhålla elektrisk energi för drift av såväl fyr- som mistsignalapparater.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (in some expressions) fire (especially when used for heating)

   Synonym: eld

   sätta fyr på veden

   set fire to the wood

   få veden att ta fyr

   get the wood burning

• fyrtorn
• fyrvaktare

• sätta fyr på
• ta fyr
• fyra av

• fyr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fyr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fyr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /vɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /vɪr/

fyr

1. Soft mutation of byr (“short”).