haddr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hazdaz.

Noun

haddr m

1. hair (on a woman's head)

Declension

  Declension of haddr (strong a-stem)

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

• fallhaddr (“flowing-haired”, adjective)

Related terms

• hár n (“hair”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: haddur

References

• “haddr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press