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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *edaraz (“enclosure”). Cognate with Old English eodor, Old Saxon eder, Old High German etar.
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈjɑðɑrː/
Noun
jaðarr m (genitive jaðars, plural jaðrar)
- a rim, edge, selvage
- Stjórn 103, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 307:
- Kroka skaltu gera i iodrum ok endum tialldanna.
- You will put the hooks through the rims and ends of the tent.
- (figuratively) the highest one, foremost one, lord
- Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, verse 40, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 116:
- ef þik fólks jaðar / finna lystir;
- if fain the lord / of the folk wouldst find;
Declension
Declension of jaðarr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Terms derived from jaðarr
Descendants
References
- jaðarr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- jaðarr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.