árr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *airuz. Cognate with Gothic airus (“messenger”).
Noun edit
árr m (genitive árar, plural ærir)
- messenger, servant
- c. 975, Þórbjǫrn dísarskáld, Poem about Þórr, verse 1
- Þórr hefr Yggs með ǫ́rum
Ásgarð af þrek varðan.- Thor has mightily defended Asgard together with the messengers of Ygg [GODS].
- Hlǫðskviða stanza 30 (ed. Neckel/Kuhn, Die Lieder des Codex Regius, 5th edition, 1983):
- Eigi scolom árom spilla, / þeim er fara einir saman.
- We ought not to harm messengers who ride alone.
- c. 975, Þórbjǫrn dísarskáld, Poem about Þórr, verse 1
- (plural only, Christianity) angels
Declension edit
Declension of árr (strong u-stem)
Declension of árr (strong u-stem)
Synonyms edit
- (angels): englar
Related terms edit
- erendi (“errand”)
References edit
- árr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.