hárr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hairaz.
Adjective
[edit]hárr
- hoary, greyhaired
- gamall ok hárr
- old and grey
- Anonymous, Hávamál stanza 135:
- […] at hárum þul · hlæ þú aldrigi,
opt er gótt, · þat er gamlir kveða; […]- Never laugh at a hoary sage; often what old men say is good.
- […] at hárum þul · hlæ þú aldrigi,
- Þjóðólfr ór Hvíni, Ynglingatal stanza 13.17-20:
- […] Máttit hárr · hjarðar mæki
austrkonungr · upp of halda. […]- The grey eastern king could not hold up the sword of the bull (DRINKING HORN)
- […] Máttit hárr · hjarðar mæki
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of hárr
Weak declension of hárr
Declension of comparative of hárr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hárari | hárari | hárara |
accusative | hárara | hárari | hárara |
dative | hárara | hárari | hárara |
genitive | hárara | hárari | hárara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hárari | hárari | hárari |
accusative | hárari | hárari | hárari |
dative | hárurum | hárurum | hárurum |
genitive | hárari | hárari | hárari |
Strong declension of superlative of hárr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hárastr | hárust | hárast |
accusative | hárastan | hárasta | hárast |
dative | hárustum | hárastri | hárustu |
genitive | hárasts | hárastrar | hárasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hárastir | hárastar | hárust |
accusative | hárasta | hárastar | hárust |
dative | hárustum | hárustum | hárustum |
genitive | hárastra | hárastra | hárastra |
Weak declension of superlative of hárr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hárasti | hárasta | hárasta |
accusative | hárasta | hárustu | hárasta |
dative | hárasta | hárustu | hárasta |
genitive | hárasta | hárustu | hárasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hárustu | hárustu | hárustu |
accusative | hárustu | hárustu | hárustu |
dative | hárustum | hárustum | hárustum |
genitive | hárustu | hárustu | hárustu |
Derived terms
[edit]- Hárbarðr (“Greybeard; name of Odin”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: hár
- Danish: hǫr
- →? Old French: haraz (“troop of horses”) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hárr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 188; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/188 Internet Archive]