Týr

See also: tyr, Tyr, and týr

Faroese

Noun

Týr

1. accusative of Týrur

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz; identical to týr (“god”). Cognate with Old English Tīw, Old Saxon Tīi, Old High German Zīu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tyːr]

Proper noun

Týr m (genitive Týs)

1. Tyr, an áss in Norse mythology.

Declension

  Declension of Týr (strong wa-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Týr
accusative	Tý
dative	tívi
genitive	Týs

dative singular *Tívi not attested

Derived terms

• týsdagr

Descendants

• Icelandic: Týr
  • → Danish: Tyr
  • → English: Tyr
  • → Russian: Тюр (Tjur)
  • → Swedish: Tyr
• Faroese: Týrur
• Norwegian: Ty
• Old Swedish: Tī
  • Swedish: Ti
• Danish: Ty, Ti (dialectal, place names)