hegri

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, metathesis of *hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛkɹɪ/ Rhymes: -ɛkɹɪ === Noun === hegri m (genitive singular hegra, plural hegrar) a heron (long-legged freshwater and coastal birds of the family Ardeidae) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hegrafótur hegrakynið ==== Related terms ==== trani storkur spógvi mýrisnípa == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, metathesis of *hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɛɣrɪ] Rhymes: -ɛɣrɪ === Noun === hegri m (genitive singular hegra, nominative plural hegrar) a heron ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bláhegri fiskhegri fiskihegri gráhegri Hegrabjarg hegrafjöður hegrakló hegranef Hegranes hegranessýsla Hegranesþing Hegrastaðir hegrategund hegraætt Hegrinn kolahegri kúhegri minnishegri mjallhegri nátthegri óminnishegri sefhegri silkihegri stjörnuhegri == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *haigrô. === Noun === hegri m heron ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hegri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive