hafri

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhavrɪ/
Rhymes: -avrɪ

Noun

hafri m (genitive singular hafra, nominative plural hafrar)

oat (Avena)

Declension

declension of hafri

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	hafri	hafrinn	hafrar	hafrarnir
accusative	hafra	hafrann	hafra	hafrana
dative	hafra	hafranum	höfrum	höfrunum
genitive	hafra	hafrans	hafra	hafranna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habrô, whence also Old Saxon haƀoro, Old High German habaro.

Noun

hafri m

oat (Avena)

Descendants

Icelandic: hafri
Norn: havr
Norwegian Bokmål: havre
Norwegian Nynorsk: havre
Old Swedish: hafre
- Swedish: havre
Danish: havre
- Faroese: havri
- → North Frisian: Haawer (Sylt)
→ Middle English: haver
- Scots: haver
  - → English: haver
→ Norman: av'thon (Jersey)

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