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Old Norse
Etymology
Contraction of þar (“there”) and es (“that, which”) (relative pronoun), older form of er.
Adverb
þars
- where (relative adverb)
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1:
Varð framgengt, / þars Fróði bjó,
feigðarorð, / es at Fjǫlni kom. […]- Was fulfilled / where Fróði lived
the word of doom / which fell upon Fjǫlnir.
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