leir

See also: leír, léir, and lèir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”). Cf. Danish ler, Norwegian Nynorsk leire and Swedish lera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleiːr/

  Rhymes: -eiːr

Noun

leir m (genitive singular leirs, no plural)

1. clay

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.

Noun

leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)

1. a camp

Derived terms

• arbeidsleir
• dødsleir
• fangeleir
• konsentrasjonsleir
• leirbål
• militærleir
• treningsleir

 

Etymology 2

Noun

leir f or m (definite singular leira or leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire

References

• “leir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.

Noun

leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirar, definite plural leirane)

1. a camp

Derived terms

• arbeidsleir
• dødsleir
• fangeleir
• konsentrasjonsleir
• leirbål
• militærleir
• treningsleir

 

References

• “leir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• iler, leir, leri, lêri, lier, lire, reil

Old Irish

Adjective

leir

1. Alternative spelling of léir

Romansch

Verb

leir

1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of vuleir