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Har

HAR

, HARE, HERE, in composition, signify an army, Sax. here, G. heer, D. heir. So Harold is a general of an army; Herwin, a victorious army.

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Hár

Hár

See also: har, Har, hár, hār, här, hår, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

Old Norse

Proper noun

Hár m (genitive Hás)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

References

  1. ↑ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4

hár

hár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "har"

Faroese

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)

  1. hair

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hár hárið hár hárini
Accusative hár hárið hár hárini
Dative hári hárinum hárum hárunum
Genitive hárs hársins hára háranna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hauːr/
  • Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hár, hór, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hár ‎(comparative hærri, superlative hæstur)

  1. high
    Múrinn er hár.
    The wall is high
  2. tall
    Guð minn almáttugur! Þú ert orðinn svo hár!
    My god almighty! You've gotten so tall!
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- ‎(“rough hair, bristle”).

Noun

hár n ‎(genitive singular hárs, nominative plural hár)

  1. hair
    Þú hefur fallegt hár.
    You have pretty hair.
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 3

Cognate with the Faroese háur, hávur,[1] Norwegian hai and Swedish haj.

Noun

hár m ‎(genitive singular hás, nominative plural hávar)

  1. (archaic) a dogfish syn.
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms
Synonyms

Anagrams

  • hrá

References

  1. ↑ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Irish

Noun

hár

  1. h-prothesized form of ár

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz ‎(“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‎(“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Old English hēah, Old Frisian hāch, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 ‎(hauhs).

Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstr)

  1. high, tall
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- ‎(“rough hair, bristle”). Compare Old Saxon and Old High German hār, Old English her, hǣr.

Noun

hár n

  1. hair
Descendants

Etymology 3

Noun

hár m (genitive hás, plural háir)

  1. spiny dogfish
Descendants

Etymology

From Old Norse hár ‎(“high”), thus meaning "High One".[1]

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