heiður

See also: Heiður

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heiðr, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaijʊr/

Noun

heiður m (genitive singular heiðurs, uncountable)

1. honour, honor, award
2. blue skies and sun

Declension

m19s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	heiður	heiðurin
Accusative	heiður	heiðurin
Dative	heiðri	heiðrinum
Genitive	heiðurs	heiðursins

Derived terms

• heiðursborgari
• heiðurslimur
• heiðursløn
• heiðursmerki

Adjective

heiður

1. bright, clear, cloudless

Declension

heiður a15
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	heiður	heið	heitt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	heiðan	heiða
Dative (hvørjumfall)	heiðum	heiðari	heiðum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(heiðs)	(heiðar)	(heiðs)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	heiðir	heiðar	heið
Accusative (hvønnfall)	heiðar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	heiðum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(heiða)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -eiːðʏr

  Homophone: Heiður

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heiðr, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

Noun

heiður m (genitive singular heiðurs, no plural)

1. honour, honor

Declension

declension of heiður

m-s1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	heiður	heiðurinn
accusative	heiður	heiðurinn
dative	heiðri	heiðrinum
genitive	heiðurs	heiðursins

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr, from Proto-Germanic *haidaz, *haidraz.

Adjective

heiður (comparative heiðari, superlative heiðastur)

1. bright, clear, cloudless

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiður	heið	heitt
accusative	heiðan	heiða	heitt
dative	heiðum	heiðri	heiðu
genitive	heiðs	heiðrar	heiðs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðir	heiðar	heið
accusative	heiða	heiðar	heið
dative	heiðum	heiðum	heiðum
genitive	heiðra	heiðra	heiðra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiði	heiða	heiða
accusative	heiða	heiðu	heiða
dative	heiða	heiðu	heiða
genitive	heiða	heiðu	heiða
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðu	heiðu	heiðu
accusative	heiðu	heiðu	heiðu
dative	heiðu	heiðu	heiðu
genitive	heiðu	heiðu	heiðu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðari	heiðari	heiðara
accusative	heiðari	heiðari	heiðara
dative	heiðari	heiðari	heiðara
genitive	heiðari	heiðari	heiðara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðari	heiðari	heiðari
accusative	heiðari	heiðari	heiðari
dative	heiðari	heiðari	heiðari
genitive	heiðari	heiðari	heiðari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðastur	heiðust	heiðast
accusative	heiðastan	heiðasta	heiðast
dative	heiðustum	heiðastri	heiðustu
genitive	heiðasts	heiðastrar	heiðasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðastir	heiðastar	heiðust
accusative	heiðasta	heiðastar	heiðust
dative	heiðustum	heiðustum	heiðustum
genitive	heiðastra	heiðastra	heiðastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðasti	heiðasta	heiðasta
accusative	heiðasta	heiðustu	heiðasta
dative	heiðasta	heiðustu	heiðasta
genitive	heiðasta	heiðustu	heiðasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heiðustu	heiðustu	heiðustu
accusative	heiðustu	heiðustu	heiðustu
dative	heiðustu	heiðustu	heiðustu
genitive	heiðustu	heiðustu	heiðustu

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)