Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *hardī (shoulder), from Proto-Indo-European *kort-íh₂s.

Noun

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herðr f (genitive herðar, dative herði, plural herðar)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder
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Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: herðar f pl
  • Faroese: herðar f pl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: herd
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herd

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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herðr

  1. past participle of herða
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References

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  • herðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hardi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211