hafr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚺᛡᛒᛟᚱᚢᛗᛦ (hᴀborumʀ /⁠haβᵒrumʀ⁠/) (dative plural), from Proto-Germanic *hafraz, from Proto-Indo-European *kapro-. Cognate with Old English hæfer, Latin caper.

Noun

hafr m (genitive hafrs)

1. he-goat; buck

Declension

  Declension of hafr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hafr	hafrinn	hafrar	hafrarnir
accusative	hafr	hafrinn	hafra	hafrana
dative	hafri	hafrinum	hǫfrum	hǫfrunum
genitive	hafrs	hafrsins	hafra	hafranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hafur
• Faroese: havur

References

• “hafr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press