The plural of 'eyrir' or a subdivision of the Icelandic króna, Iceland's currency, similar to how pennies are subdivisions of dollars.
From Old Norse 'eyrir,' originally meaning 'gravel' or 'pebbles,' later used as a monetary unit. Related to the English word 'ore' (mineral).
The Icelandic word for small coins literally meant 'pebbles' because they might have originally traded with actual pebbles or the word reflected that coins came from ore dug from rocky ground—money that came from the earth itself.
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