eyrir

American  

[ey-reer] / ˈeɪ rɪər /

noun

aurar plural

1. an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, one 100th of a króna.

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eyrir British  

/ ˈeɪrɪə /

noun

1. an Icelandic monetary unit worth one hundredth of a krona

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• aurar
  plural

Etymology

Origin of eyrir

First recorded in 1925–30; from Icelandic; Old Norse: “ounce, unit of money” (cognate with Swedish öre ), from Latin aureus “golden”