hreiðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt- (“to wind; twist; bend”), from *(s)ker- (“to wind; twist; bend”).[1]

Noun

hreiðr n (genitive hreiðrs, plural hreiðr)

  1. (a bird's) nest

Declension
  Declension of hreiðr (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hreiðr hreiðrit hreiðr hreiðrin
accusative hreiðr hreiðrit hreiðr hreiðrin
dative hreiðri hreiðrinu hreiðrum hreiðrunum
genitive hreiðrs hreiðrsins hreiðra hreiðranna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hreiður
  • Faroese: reiður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reid, reir
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reir
  • Swedish: rede n
  • Old Danish: rethæ

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-38”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-38
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