Hár
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hárMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hár" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hár Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hár
- I)
- hár
- (há, hátt), a.
- hár
- 1) high; á háfum fjöllum, in high mountains; hæri en, higher than;
- hár
- 2) tall (~ maðr vexti);
- hár
- 3) superl. at the highest pitch; meðan hæst væri vetrar, sumars, in the depth of winter, in the height of summer;
- hár
- 4) high, glorious; hæstu hátíðir, the highest feasts;
- hár
- 5) loud (~ brestr); mæla hátt, to speak loud; hón verðr há við, she becomes clamorous or excited.
- hár
- II)
- hár
- (gen. hás, pl. háir), m. thole.
- hár
- III)
- hár
- n. hair (jarpr á ~).
- hár
- IV)
- hár
- m. dog-fish.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- superl.
- superlative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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