eyra

Native South American name.

eyra (plural eyras)

1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

• Arey, Ayer, Ayre, Raye, Reay, Yare, aery, ayre, y'are, yare, year

From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeira/, [ˈeiːra]

  Rhymes: -eiːra

  Homophones: eira

eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru)

1. ear (organ of hearing)
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Inn vari gestur

     er til verðar kemur

     þunnu hljóði þegir,

     eyrum hlýðir,

     en augum skoðar.

     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest

     who goes to the feast,

     In silent attention sits;

     With his ears he hears,

     with his eyes he watches,

     Thus wary are wise men all.

• eyrnamergur
• skolleyru

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- (“ear”). Compare Old Dutch, Old High German, and Old Saxon ōra, Old English ēare, Old Frisian āre, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō).

eyra n

1. ear

• eyra in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

See the etymology of the main entry.

eyra

1. indefinite genitive plural of eyrr