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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hiurijaz. Compare Old Armenian սէր (sēr, “love”).
Adjective
hýrr
- smiling, pleasant, mild, friendly
Declension
Strong declension of hýrr
Declension of comparative of hýrr
Strong declension of superlative of hýrr
Weak declension of superlative of hýrr
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hýrr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive