-ræður

See also: ræður

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -rǿðr. Underwent an apophony (substitution of one root vowel for another) from the suffix -rað in hundrað (“a hundred”).[1] Compare the Icelandic hundrað, Latin ratiō (“reason, calculation”), reor (“I reckon, calculate; I think, deem, judge”) and ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).[1]

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”) + -ræður → áttræður (“eighty years old”)
  2. of height or depth
    tólf (“twelve”) + -ræður → tólfræður
Derived terms
Icelandic terms suffixed with -ræður
of age, height or depth
of height or depth
  • tólfræður

Etymology 2

Compare 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. 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)
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