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-ræður

-ræður

See also: ræður

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • (dated, archaic) -rœður, -rœðr[1]

Suffix

-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)

  1. of age, height or depth
    átta (eight) + -ræðuráttræður (eighty years old)
  2. of height or depth
    tólf (twelve) + -ræðurtólfræður
Derived terms
Category Icelandic words suffixed with -ræður not found
Related terms

Etymology 2

Confer ræða (to speak, to talk, to discuss).[1]

Alternative forms

  • (dated, archaic) -rœður, -rœðr[1]

Suffix

-ræður (feminine -ræð, neuter -rætt, comparative -ræðari, superlative -ræðastur)

  1. used in compounds; spoken of
Derived terms
  • fjölræður (much spoken of)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Page 785 of the Íslensk orðsifjabók (Book of Icelandic Etymology). Publisher: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies), first print 1989 (ISBN 978-9979-654-01-8)