spir

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish spir, spiræ, from Old Norse spíra (“reed; stalk; thin tree-shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *spīrǭ (“peak; point; tip; stalk”)

Noun

spir n (singular definite spiret, plural indefinite spir)

1. (architecture) a spire
2. (dated) a sceptre

   Synonym: scepter

Declension

Declension of spir

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spir	spiret	spir	spirene
genitive	spirs	spirets	spirs	spirenes

Derived terms

• kirkespir
• kobberspir

References

• “spir” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “spir” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

spir m (definite singular spiren, indefinite plural spir or spirer, definite plural spirene)

1. a point (on an antler)

Noun

spir n (definite singular spiret, indefinite plural spir, definite plural spira or spirene)

1. (architecture) a spire

References

• “spir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spir m (definite singular spiren, indefinite plural spirar, definite plural spirane)

1. point? (as above)

Noun

spir n (definite singular spiret, indefinite plural spir, definite plural spira)

1. (architecture) a spire

References

• “spir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

spīr ?

1. spire (stalk of a plant)

Descendants

• English: spire

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “spír”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Romansh

Adjective

spir m (feminine singular spira, masculine plural spirs, feminine plural spiras)

1. (Sutsilvan) pure

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pur
• (Puter, Vallader) pür