hersir

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hersir.

Noun

hersir (plural hersirs)

  1. A local leader in early mediaeval Norway.
    • 1997, “Egil's Saga”, in Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 52:
      There was a powerful hersir in Sognefjord called Bjorn, who lived at Aurland; his son Brynjolf inherited everything from him.

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Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *harisjaz (“army’s leader”), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”).

Noun

hersir m

  1. (Norway) a local chief lord (up until about 1050)

Declension

  Declension of hersir (strong ija-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hersir hersirinn hersar hersarnir
accusative hersi hersinn hersa hersana
dative hersi hersinum hersum hersunum
genitive hersis hersisins hersa hersanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hersir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: herse
  • Swedish: herse, härse
  • Danish: herse
  • → English: hersir

References

  • “hersir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “herse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

hersir m (plural hersir)

  1. hersir
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