herað
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hīwą (“marriage”). Related to the first element of Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (heiwafrauja, “master of the house”).[1]
Noun
[edit]herað n (dative herði, plural heruð)
Declension
[edit]| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | herað | heraðit | herǫð, heruð | herǫðin, heruðin |
| accusative | herað | heraðit | herǫð, heruð | herǫðin, heruðin |
| dative | herði | herðinu | herðum | herðunum |
| genitive | heraðs | heraðsins | herða | herðanna |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: hérað
- Faroese: herað
- Norwegian Nynorsk: herad; (dialectal) hørå
- Old Swedish: hæraþ
- Swedish: härad
- Danish: herred
- Norwegian Bokmål: herred
- → Scottish Gaelic: Hearadh
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1676”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1676
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “herað”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 195; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/195 Internet Archive]