hár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "har"

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɔaːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔaːɹ

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)

  1. hair

Declension
Declension of hár
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.

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, nominative plural hár)

  1. hair
    Þú hefur fallegt hár.
    You have pretty hair.
Declension
declension of hár
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hár hárið hár hárin
accusative hár hárið hár hárin
dative hári hárinu hárum hárunum
genitive hárs hársins hára háranna
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

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Noun

hár m (genitive singular hás, nominative plural hávar)

  1. (archaic) a dogfish
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

References
  1. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Anagrams
  • hrá

Irish

Pronunciation

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).

Alternative forms

Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstr)

  1. high, tall
    • Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
      Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill
      hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […]
      I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill
      a high tree, washed / with white mud; […]
Declension
    Strong declension of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hár há hátt
accusative hávan háva hátt
dative hávum hárri hávu
genitive hás hárrar hás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hávir hávar há
accusative háva hávar há
dative hávum hávum hávum
genitive hárra hárra hárra
    Weak declension of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hávi háva háva
accusative háva hávu háva
dative háva hávu háva
genitive háva hávu háva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hávu hávu hávu
accusative hávu hávu hávu
dative hávum hávum hávum
genitive hávu hávu hávu
    Declension of comparative of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hærri hærri hærra
accusative hærra hærri hærra
dative hærra hærri hærra
genitive hærra hærri hærra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hærri hærri hærri
accusative hærri hærri hærri
dative hærrum hærrum hærrum
genitive hærri hærri hærri
    Strong declension of superlative of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hæstr hæst hæst
accusative hæstan hæsta hæst
dative hæstum hæstri hæstu
genitive hæsts hæstrar hæsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hæstir hæstar hæst
accusative hæsta hæstar hæst
dative hæstum hæstum hæstum
genitive hæstra hæstra hæstra
    Weak declension of superlative of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hæsti hæsta hæsta
accusative hæsta hæstu hæsta
dative hæsta hæstu hæsta
genitive hæsta hæstu hæsta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hæstu hæstu hæstu
accusative hæstu hæstu hæstu
dative hæstum hæstum hæstum
genitive hæstu hæstu hæstu
Derived terms
  • háaltari m (“high altar”)
  • hábeinn (“high-legged”)
  • hábjarg n (“high rock”)
  • hábogaðr (“high-curved”)
  • hádegiskeið n (“noon-tide”)
  • hádegi n (“noon”)
  • háfjall n (“high mountain”)
  • háfleygr (“high-flying”)
  • háflœðr f (“full flood”)
  • háfœttr (“high-legged”)
  • háleikr m (“highness”)
  • háleitligr (“sublime”)
  • háleitr (“looking upwards”)
  • hálæti n (“shouting, noise”)
  • hámessa f (“high mass”)
  • hámælgi f (“loud talking”)
  • hámæli n (“loud-voicedness”)
  • hámæltr (“loud-voiced”)
  • hánefjaðr (“high-nosed”)
  • hápallr m (“dais”)
  • háreysti n (“noise, clamour”)
  • háreystr (“noisy”)
  • hásegl n (“top sail”)
  • háseti m (“oarsman”)
  • hásin f (“Achilles tendon”)
  • háskeptr (“long-shafted”)
  • hástafir m pl
  • hástaðr m (“high place”)
  • hásteint (“full of high boulders”)
  • hástóll m (“high seat”)
  • hásumar n (“midsummer”)
  • hásæti n (“high-seat”)
  • hátalaðr (“high-voiced”)
  • hátimbra (“to build high”)
  • hátíð f (“festival”)
  • hátún n (“high place”)
  • hávaði m (“noise, tumult”)
  • hávetri n (“midwinter”)
  • hávetr m (“midwinter”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: hár
  • Faroese: háur
  • Norn: hjog, høg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: håg (< pl. hávir); (dialectal) hå
  • Old Swedish: hø̄gher
    • Swedish: hög
    • → Middle Norwegian: høg (from ca. 1400)
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: høg
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: høg
  • Danish: høj
  • Old Gutnish: haur

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
Declension
  Declension of hár (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hár hárit hár hárin
accusative hár hárit hár hárin
dative hári hárinu hárum hárunum
genitive hárs hársins hára háranna
Descendants

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hár m (genitive hás, plural háir)

  1. thole
    Synonyms: þollr, keipr
Declension
  Declension of hár (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hár hárinn háir háirnir
accusative há háinn hái háina
dative há hánum hám hánum
genitive hás hásins há hánna
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hå

Etymology 4

Probably from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, cut”), related to Frankish *hauwan.

Noun

hár m

  1. spiny dogfish
    • First Grammatical Treatise, 84 22:
      Har vex á kykvendum, en hȧr er fiskr.
      Hair grows on living things, but har is a fish.
Usage notes

The First Grammarian says that this word had a long nasalized vowel, marked with an overdot, and contrasts it with hár (“hair”), which does not.

Declension
  Declension of hár (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hár hárinn hár hárnir
accusative há háinn há hána
dative há, hái hánum, háinum hám hánum
genitive hás hásins há hánna
Descendants

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

hár

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of hárr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of hárr

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hár f

  1. indefinite genitive singular of há
  2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of há

References
  • hár in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Anagrams
  • hrá
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