hersir
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse hersir.
Noun edit
hersir (plural hersirs)
- A local leader in early mediaeval Norway.
- 1997, “Egil's Saga”, in Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 52:
- There was a powerful hersir in Sognefjord called Bjorn, who lived at Aurland; his son Brynjolf inherited everything from him.
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *harisjaz (“army’s leader”), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”).
Noun edit
hersir m
Declension edit
Declension of hersir (strong ija-stem)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hersir
- Norwegian Nynorsk: herse
- Swedish: herse, härse
- Danish: herse
- Norwegian Bokmål: herse
- → English: hersir
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Spanish edit
Noun edit
hersir m (plural hersir)