jaðarr

See also: Jaðarr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• jǫðurr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *edaraz (“enclosure”). Cognate with Old English eodor, Old Saxon eder, Old High German etar.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑðɑrː/

Noun

jaðarr m (genitive jaðars, plural jaðrar)

1. a rim, edge, selvage
   • Stjórn 103, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 307:

     Kroka skaltu gera i iodrum ok endum tialldanna.

     You will put the hooks through the rims and ends of the tent.

2. (figuratively) the highest one, foremost one, lord
   • Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, verse 40, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 116:

     […] ef þik fólks jaðar / finna lystir; […]

     […] if fain the lord / of the folk wouldst find; […]

Declension

Declension of jaðarr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jaðarr	jaðarrinn	jaðrar	jaðrarnir
accusative	jaðar	jaðarinn	jaðra	jaðrana
dative	jaðri	jaðrinum	jǫðrum	jǫðrunum
genitive	jaðars	jaðarsins	jaðra	jaðranna

Derived terms

• handarjaðarr (“edge of the hand”)
• *himinjaðarr, himinjǫðurr (“horizon”)
• Jaðarr (“Jæren”)
• jaðra (“to border”)
• jaðrakan (“godwit”)
• jaðraskegg (“whiskers”)
• skýjaðarr (“heaven”)
• sólarjaðarr (“edge of the hand”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: jaðar m
• Faroese: jaðar m, jaðari m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jadar m, jar (jâr) m, jare m, Jæren m
• Norwegian Bokmål: jare m
• Old Swedish: iæþur, iadher
  • Swedish: jäder c (dialectal)
• Old Danish: jæder
  • Danish: jæder

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “jaðarr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 320
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jaðarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 231; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/231 Internet Archive]