tírr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tīraz, from Proto-Indo-European *dey-. Cognate to Old English tīr (“fame; glory; honour”), Old Saxon tīr (“glory, renown”).

Noun

tírr m

1. glory, honour

   Antonym: níð

Declension

  Declension of tírr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tírr	tírrinn	tírir	tírirnir
accusative	tír	tírinn	tíri	tírina
dative	tír, tíri	tírinum	tírum	tírunum
genitive	tírar, tírs	tírarins, tírsins	tíra	tíranna

Derived terms

• tírargjarn (“eager for glory”)
• orðstírr (“fame, renown”, literally “word-glory”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: tír
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tir