hár

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔaːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔaːɹ

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)

1. hair

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hauːr/
• Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hár, hór, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstur)

1. high

   Múrinn er hár.

   The wall is high.

2. tall

   Guð minn almáttugur! Þú ert orðinn svo hár!

   My god almighty! You've gotten so tall!

Derived terms

• há-

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, nominative plural hár)

2. hair

   Þú hefur fallegt hár.

   You have pretty hair.

Declension

Derived terms

• hárgreiðsla
• hárþurrka
• í húð og hár
• skapahár
• skírnarhár

Related terms

• hæra

Etymology 3

Cognate with the Faroese háur, hávur, Norwegian Bokmål hai and Swedish haj.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

hár m (genitive singular hás, nominative plural hávar)

1. (archaic) a dogfish

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (dogfish): háfiskur, háfur

Related terms

• há-

References

Anagrams

• hrá

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /hɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /hæːɾˠ/

Noun

hár

1. h-prothesized form of ár

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Old English hēah, Old Frisian hāch, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs).

Alternative forms

• hór
• *haugʀ — Old East Norse
• hæri

Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstr)

1. high, tall
   • Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:

     Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill
     hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […]

     I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill
     a high tree, washed / with white mud;

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Compare Old Saxon and Old High German hār, Old English her, hǣr.

Noun

hár n

2. hair

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: hár
• Faroese: hár
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hår
• Norwegian Bokmål: hår
• Elfdalian: år
• Old Swedish: hār
  • Swedish: hår
• Danish: hår
• Gutnish: har, hår

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hár m (genitive hás, plural háir)

1. thole

   Synonyms: þollr, keipr

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: hå

Etymology 4

Probably from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, cut”), related to Frankish *hauwan.

Noun

hár m

2. spiny dogfish
   • First Grammatical Treatise, 84 22:

     Har vex á kykvendum, en hȧr er fiskr.

     Hair grows on living things, but har is a fish.

Usage notes

The First Grammarian says that this word had a long nasalized vowel, marked with an overdot, and contrasts it with hár (“hair”), which does not.

Declension

Descendants

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

hár

1. strong feminine nominative singular of hárr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of hárr

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hár f

1. indefinite genitive singular of há
2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of há

References

• hár in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Anagrams

• hrá