há-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"
Icelandic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Prefix edit
há-
Derived terms edit
terms derived from há- meaning high
Etymology 2 edit
Prefix edit
há-
- pertaining to an oarlock
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Compare the Old English hóh (“heel”), hóhsinu (“sinew of the heel”) and Nynorsk håbinda.[1] Compare the Icelandic hæll (“a heel”).[1]
Prefix edit
há-
- of or pertaining to the heel[1] or articulations of the foot (articulationes pedis)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
From the archaic hár (“dogfish”).
Prefix edit
há-
Derived terms edit
terms derived from há- pertaining to shark kind
- hákarl
- hákerling
- hámeri (porbeagle)
- háskerðingur
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)