herfiligr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *haru. The suffix is -ligr. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

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herfiligr

  1. wretched

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: herfilegur

References

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  • “herfiligr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • herfiligr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press