fyr

Maybe a contraction of Middle Low German firburs (“unemployed craftsman”).

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/, [fyɐ̯ˀ]

fyr c (singular definite fyren, plural indefinite fyre)

1. chap, bloke, guy
2. (colloquial) boyfriend

From Middle Low German vūr, from Old Saxon fiur, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”).

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/, [fyɐ̯ˀ]

fyr n (singular definite fyret, plural indefinite fyr)

1. boiler
2. fire
3. light
4. lighthouse
5. radio beacon

• fyrtårn

From Old Norse fura.

• IPA^(key): /fyr/, [fyɐ̯]

fyr c (singular definite fyrren, plural indefinite fyrre)

1. pine
2. pinewood, deal

See fyre.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/, [fyɐ̯ˀ]

fyr

1. imperative of fyre

Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning a full-fledged craftsman who is unemployed.

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrer, definite plural fyrene)

1. guy, bloke

   Han er en merkelig fyr ― he is a weird guy

   Sjekk den fyren der ― check out that guy (over there)

From Old Norse fýrr, cognate with its Nordic equivalents, Old Frisian fiur, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer and English fire. Believed to ultimately stem from Proto-Germanic *fōr, and Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, which also is the origin of Greek πυρ (pyr).

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrer, definite plural fyrene)

1. the presence of fire.

   Å sette fyr på noe ― to set something on fire

   Skogen tok fyr ― the forest caught fire

   Fyr! ― fire! (when using firearms)

   Har du fyr? ― Got a light? (for cigarettes or similar)

2. furnace room, boiler room, stokehold

   Jeg har jobbet i fyren hele dagen

   I've been working in the boiler the whole day

• fyrig

As for Etymology 2.

fyr n (definite singular fyret, indefinite plural fyr, definite plural fyra or fyrene)

1. lighthouse, beacon

   Fyret har stått der siden 1800-tallet

   the lighthouse has been there since the 1800s

• ta fyr (“catch fire”)
• være i fyr og flamme (“be full of enthusiasm”, literally “be in fire and flame”)

• (guy) gubbe, kar, mann
• (fire) ild, flamme
• (boiler) fyrrom, ildsted
• (lighthouse) fyrtårn

fyr

1. imperative of fyre

• “fyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/

Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning an unemployed craftsman.

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)

1. guy, bloke
   • 1863, Ivar Aasen, "Høgferd":

     Det er den største Gleda, ein liten Fyr kann faa, at han slepp upp i Høgdi, so Folk maa honom sjaa […]

     It is the greatest joy a little guy can have, to make it into the heights, so that people can see him […]

From Old Norse fýrr, cognate with its Nordic equivalents, Old Frisian fiur, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer and English fire. Believed to ultimately stem from Proto-Germanic *fōr, and Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, which also is the origin of Greek πυρ (pyr).

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)

1. fire
2. light (means of starting a fire)

   Har du fyr?

   Do you have a light?

As for Etymology 2.

fyr m (definite singular fyren, indefinite plural fyrar, definite plural fyrane)
or
fyr n (definite singular fyret, indefinite plural fyr, definite plural fyra)

1. lighthouse, beacon

• vera i fyr og flamme (“be full of enthusiasm”, literally “be on fire and flame”)
• ta fyr (“catch fire”)

fyr

1. imperative of fyra

• “fyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From dialectal Proto-Germanic *fuïr, from *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. Cognate with Old Frisian fiūr, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur (German Feuer), Old Norse fúrr, fýrr, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fon). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek πῦρ.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/

fȳr n

1. fire

   Iċ ēode þurh þæt fȳr and ne barn.

   I walked through the fire and did not burn.

   Þēah þe hit ċeald wǣre, ne ǣlde hē þæt fȳr.

   Though it was cold, he didn't light the fire.

   Þǣr þǣr smīec biþ, þǣr biþ fȳr.

   Where there's smoke, there's fire.

   Þæt hūs ne þrōwode miċelne hearm, for þām þe þæt fȳr hrædlīċe ādwǣsċed wearþ.

   The house didn't suffer much damage, because the fire was quickly put out.

   Þā twēġen weras wǣron ġelīċe fȳre and wætere.

   The two men were like fire and water.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Another Vision"

     Se līeġ wæs mid manna sāwlum āfylled, and hīe āsprungon upp mid þām fȳre swā swā spearcan.

     The flame was filled with people's souls, and they sprang up with the fire like sparks.

   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 473

     Þā Wēalas flugon þā Engle swā swā fȳr.

     The Welsh fled the English like fire.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 14:54

     Hē sæt mid þām weardum and wiermde hine æt þām fȳre.

     He sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

• Middle English: fier
  • English: fire
  • Scots: fyre, feier
  • Yola: vire, vier

Comparative of feor.

• IPA^(key): /fyr/

fyr

1. further

From Old Norse fúrr, fýr, fýrir, funi, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂wṓr, earlier *péh₂wōr, collective of *péh₂wr̥.

• IPA^(key): /fyːr/
• Rhymes: -yːr

fyr c

1. a lighthouse
   • 1928, Riksdagens protokoll vid lagtima riksmötet, page 134.

     Fyrarna kunde förses med ledande lysvinklar och medelt kabelanslutning erhålla elektrisk energi för drift av såväl fyr- som mistsignalapparater.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. fire
3. (dated) a guy

• fyrtorn
• fyrvaktare

• sätta fyr på
• ta fyr
• fyra av

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /vɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /vɪr/

fyr

1. Soft mutation of byr (“short”).

fyr n

1. gallop
2. spoof
3. mischief