haddr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hazdaz.
Noun
[edit]haddr m
- hair (on a woman's head)
Declension
[edit]| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | haddr | haddrinn | haddar | haddarnir |
| accusative | hadd | haddinn | hadda | haddana |
| dative | haddi | haddinum | hǫddum | hǫddunum |
| genitive | hadds | haddsins | hadda | haddanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- fallhaddr (“flowing-haired”, adjective)
Related terms
[edit]- hár n (“hair”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: haddur
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “haddr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive