hræ

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hræ, from Proto-Germanic *hraiwą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hræ n (genitive singular hræs, nominative plural hræ)

  1. carcass; body of a dead animal or human
  2. (figuratively, informal) a worn out and useless machine

Usage notes

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  • It is considered coarse and unbefitting to use this word for a human corpse in the modern language, although it seemed to be commonly used without insult in earlier times.

Declension

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    Declension of hræ
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hræ hræið hræ hræin
accusative hræ hræið hræ hræin
dative hræi hræinu hræjum hræjunum
genitive hræs hræsins hræja hræjanna

Synonyms

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  • (carcass): lík (usually of a human corpse), nár (human corpse)

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hraiwą.

Noun

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hræ n

  1. dead body, corpse, carrion
  2. wreck, wreckage, fragments

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hræ
  • Faroese:
  • Danish: (archaic)