hár
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)
Declension edit
| Declension of hár | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hár | hárið | hár | hárini |
| accusative | hár | hárið | hár | hárini |
| dative | hári | hárinum | hárum | hárunum |
| genitive | hárs | hársins | hára | háranna |
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hár, hór, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.
Adjective edit
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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.
Noun edit
hár n (genitive singular hárs, nominative plural hár)
- hair
- Þú hefur fallegt hár.
- You have pretty hair.
Declension edit
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Etymology 3 edit
Cognate with the Faroese háur, hávur,[1] Norwegian Bokmål hai and Swedish haj.
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Noun edit
hár m (genitive singular hás, nominative plural hávar)
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hár
- h-prothesized form of ár
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
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).
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstr)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- háaltari m (“high altar”)
- hábeinn (“high-legged”)
- hábjarg n (“high rock”)
- hábogaðr (“high-curved”)
- hádegiskeið n (“noon-tide”)
- hádegi n (“noon”)
- háfjall n (“high mountain”)
- háfleygr (“high-flying”)
- háflœðr f (“full flood”)
- háfœttr (“high-legged”)
- háleikr m (“highness”)
- háleitligr (“sublime”)
- háleitr (“looking upwards”)
- hálæti n (“shouting, noise”)
- hámessa f (“high mass”)
- hámælgi f (“loud talking”)
- hámæli n (“loud-voicedness”)
- hámæltr (“loud-voiced”)
- hánefjaðr (“high-nosed”)
- hápallr m (“dais”)
- háreysti n (“noise, clamour”)
- háreystr (“noisy”)
- hásegl n (“top sail”)
- háseti m (“oarsman”)
- hásin f (“Achilles tendon”)
- háskeptr (“long-shafted”)
- hástafir m pl
- hástaðr m (“high place”)
- hásteint (“full of high boulders”)
- hástóll m (“high seat”)
- hásumar n (“midsummer”)
- hásæti n (“high-seat”)
- hátalaðr (“high-voiced”)
- hátimbra (“to build high”)
- hátíð f (“festival”)
- hátún n (“high place”)
- hávaði m (“noise, tumult”)
- hávetri n (“midwinter”)
- hávetr m (“midwinter”)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
hár n
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hár
- Faroese: hár
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hår
- Norwegian Bokmål: hår
- Elfdalian: år
- Old Swedish: hār
- Swedish: hår
- Danish: hår
- Gutnish: har, hår
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
hár m (genitive hás, plural háir)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hå
Etymology 4 edit
Probably from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, cut”), related to Frankish *hauwan.
Noun edit
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.
- Har vex á kykvendum, en hȧr er fiskr.
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 5 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
hár
Etymology 6 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
hár f
References edit
- hár in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.