hárr

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See also: harr and Harr

Old Norse

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

    Adjective

    hárr

    1. hoary, grey-haired
      gamall ok hárr
      old and grey
      • Anonymous, Hávamál stanza 135:
        at hárum þul · hlæ þú aldrigi,
        opt er gótt, · þat er gamlir kveða;
        Never laugh at a hoary sage; often what old men say is good.
      • Þjóðólfr ór Hvíni, Ynglingatal stanza 13.17-20:
        Máttit hárr · hjarðar mæki
        austrkonungr · upp of halda.
        The grey eastern king could not hold up the sword of the bull (DRINKING HORN)

    Declension

    Strong declension of hárr
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárr hár hárt
    accusative háran hára hárt
    dative hárum hárri háru
    genitive hárs hárrar hárs
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárir hárar hár
    accusative hára hárar hár
    dative hárum hárum hárum
    genitive hárra hárra hárra
    Weak declension of hárr
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hári hára hára
    accusative hára háru hára
    dative hára háru hára
    genitive hára háru hára
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative háru háru háru
    accusative háru háru háru
    dative hárum hárum hárum
    genitive háru háru háru
    Declension of comparative of hárr
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárari hárari hárara
    accusative hárara hárari hárara
    dative hárara hárari hárara
    genitive hárara hárari hárara
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárari hárari hárari
    accusative hárari hárari hárari
    dative hárurum hárurum hárurum
    genitive hárari hárari hárari
    Strong declension of superlative of hárr
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárastr hárust hárast
    accusative hárastan hárasta hárast
    dative hárustum hárastri hárustu
    genitive hárasts hárastrar hárasts
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárastir hárastar hárust
    accusative hárasta hárastar hárust
    dative hárustum hárustum hárustum
    genitive hárastra hárastra hárastra
    Weak declension of superlative of hárr
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárasti hárasta hárasta
    accusative hárasta hárustu hárasta
    dative hárasta hárustu hárasta
    genitive hárasta hárustu hárasta
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hárustu hárustu hárustu
    accusative hárustu hárustu hárustu
    dative hárustum hárustum hárustum
    genitive hárustu hárustu hárustu

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Icelandic: hár
    • →? Old French: haraz (“troop of horses”) (see there for further descendants)

    Further reading

    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hárr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 188; also available at the Internet Archive
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