Hæra
Old Norse Dictionary - hæraMeaning of Old Norse word "hæra" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hæra Old Norse word can mean:
- hæra
- u, f. grey hair, hoariness; ok hæra nekver í hári hans, Post. 645. 66; skegg hvítt af hæru, Ísl. ii. 438; fá elli ok hæru, to live to a hoary old age, Hkr. i. 123: in plur., hafa hærur í höfði, Grett. 16, 20 new Ed.; hvítar hærur, Barl. 119: esp. in pl., in phrases as, grár, hvítr, snjóhvítr fyrir hærum, Fas. ii. 557, Fms. viii. 25, Eb. 330, Stj. 447; hár hvítt af hærum, Karl. 280; hvítr af hærum, Fms. vii. 321 (v. l.), Barl. 15: the phrase, kemba ekki hærur, to comb no grey hairs, of one who dies in the prime of life; hann kembdi ekki hærur í húsi sínu, Od. viii. 226.
- hæra
- COMPDS: hærukarl, hærukollr, hærulangr, hæruskeggi.
- hæra
- II. = hár, hair, esp. the long hair of wool, whence hæru-poki, a, m. a hair-poke, bag made of hair.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
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