heðra

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚺᛡᛁᛞᛖᚱᛡ (hᴀiderᴀ) (Björketorp stone), ᚺᛖᛞᛖᚱᛡ (hederᴀ) (Stentoften stone), in turn from Proto-Germanic *hidrê.

Adverb

heðra (not comparable)

1. here, hither

Descendants

• Icelandic: heðra, héðra
• Faroese: higar

See also

• þaðra

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “heðra”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 216; also available at the Internet Archive
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)