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Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hardį̄ (“shoulder”).
Noun
herðr f (genitive herðar, dative herði, plural herðar)
- (anatomy) shoulder
- Synonym: ǫxl
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
herðr
- past participle of herða
Declension
Strong declension of herðr
Further reading
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- Guus Kroonen (2013) “hardi”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211