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ey·rir

   [ey-reer]
noun, plural au·rar  [oi-rahr] .
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
Origin:
1925–30; < Icelandic; Old Norse: ounce, unit of money (cognate with Swedish öre) < Latin aureus golden
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eyrir (ˈeɪrɪə)
 
—n , pl aurar
an Icelandic monetary unit worth one hundredth of a krona
 
[Old Norse: ounce (of silver), money; related to Latin aureus golden]

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