Heiðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - heiðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "heiðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
heiðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- heiðr
- I)
- heiðr
- a. bright, clear, cloudless; ~ himinn, clear sky; heiðar stjörnur, bright stars.
- heiðr
- II)
- heiðr
- (gen. heiðar, dat. and acc. heiðir; pl. heiðar), f. heath, moor.
- heiðr
- III)
- heiðr
- (gen. ~s), m. honour.
- heiðr
- IV)
- heiðr
- (gen. -ar), m. honour, worth.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- m.
- masculine.
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