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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harugaz (“sanctuary, cairn, grove”). Cognate with Old English hearg, hearga, Old High German harug, haruc, haruch. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱarǝk- (“fenced or enclosed area”).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhɒrɣr̩/
Noun
hǫrgr m (genitive hǫrgs, plural hǫrgar)
- (Germanic paganism) a sanctuary, cairn, altar
- Hyndluljóð, verse 10, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 83:
Hörg hann mér gerði · hlaðinn steinum, […]- A cairn he made for me, loaded with stones
Declension
Declension of hǫrgr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
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References
- hǫrgr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- hǫrgr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.