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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hár , from Proto-Germanic *hērą , from Proto-Indo-European *keres- ( “ rough hair, bristle ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
hár n (genitive singular hárs , plural hár )
hair
Declension
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hár , hór , from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz .
Adjective
hár (comparative hærri , superlative hæstur )
high
Múrinn er hár .The wall is high .
tall
Guð minn almáttugur! Þú ert orðinn svo hár ! My god almighty! You've gotten so tall !
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hár , from Proto-Germanic *hērą .
Noun
hár n (genitive singular hárs , nominative plural hár )
hair
Þú hefur fallegt hár . You have pretty hair.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Cognate with the Faroese háur , hávur ,[ 1] Norwegian Bokmål hai and Swedish haj .
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Noun
hár m (genitive singular hás , nominative plural hávar )
( archaic ) a dogfish
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
hár
h-prothesized form of ár
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz ( “ high ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ( “ to bend, curve, arch, vault ” ) . Cognate with Old English hēah , Old Frisian hāch , Old Saxon hōh , Old High German hōh , Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 ( hauhs ) .
Adjective
hár (comparative hærri , superlative hæstr )
high , tall
Vǫluspá , verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867 , S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða . Christiania, page 4 :
Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasillhár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; [ …] I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill a high tree, washed / with white mud;
Declension
Declension of comparative of hár
Strong declension of superlative of hár
Weak declension of superlative of hár
Derived terms
Descendants
Icelandic: hár
Faroese: háur
Norn: hjog , høg
Norwegian Nynorsk: håg ( < pl. hávir ) ; ( dialectal ) hå
Old Swedish: hø̄gher
Swedish: hög
→ Middle Norwegian: høg (from ca. 1400)
Danish: høj
Old Gutnish: haur
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hērą , from Proto-Indo-European *keres- ( “ rough hair, bristle ” ) . Compare Old Saxon and Old High German hār , Old English her , hǣr .
Noun
hár n
hair
Declension
Declension of hár (strong a -stem)
Descendants
Icelandic: hár
Faroese: hár
Norwegian Nynorsk: hår
Norwegian Bokmål: hår
Elfdalian: år
Old Swedish: hār
Danish: hår
Gutnish: har , hår
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
hár m (genitive hás , plural háir )
thole
Synonyms: þollr , keipr
Declension
Declension of hár (strong i -stem, s -genitive)
Descendants
Etymology 4
Probably from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hawwaną ( “ to hew, cut ” ) , related to Frankish *hauwan .
Noun
hár m
spiny dogfish
First Grammatical Treatise,
84 22:
Har vex á kykvendum, en hȧr er fiskr.Hair grows on living things, but har is a fish.
Usage notes
The First Grammarian says that this word had a long nasalized vowel, marked with an overdot, and contrasts it with hár ( “ hair ” ) , which does not.
Declension
Declension of hár (strong a -stem)
Descendants
Etymology 5
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
hár
strong feminine nominative singular of hárr
strong neuter nominative / accusative plural of hárr
Etymology 6
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
hár f
indefinite genitive singular of há
indefinite nominative / accusative plural of há
References
hár in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive .
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