hafr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚺᛡᛒᛟᚱᚢᛗᛦ (hᴀborumʀ /⁠haβᵒrumʀ⁠/) (dative plural), from Proto-Germanic *hafraz, from Proto-Indo-European *kapro-. Cognate with Old English hæfer, Latin caper.

Noun

hafr m (genitive hafrs)

  1. he-goat; buck

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hafur
  • Faroese: havur

References

  • hafr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press