leir

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleiːr/

  Rhymes: -eiːr

leir m (genitive singular leirs, no plural)

1. clay

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

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

1. a camp

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire

• “leir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. a camp

• “leir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

leir

1. Alternative spelling of léir

leir

1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of vuleir