Heiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - heiðrMeaning of Old Norse word "heiðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
heiðr Old Norse word can mean:
- heiðr
- 1. adj. [vide heið, n.; Germ. heiter], bright, cloudless, only of the sky, in the allit. phrase, heiðr himin, a clear sky, Hbl. 19, Stj. 305, Eb. 48 new Ed., Fms. v. 81: in poetry, heiðar stjörnur, bright stars, Vsp. 57; heiðr dagr, a bright day, Skv. 3. 53.
- heiðr
- 2. f., dat. and acc. heiði, pl. heiðar; mod. nom. heiði, vide Gramm. p. xxvii, col. 2, and p. xxviii; [Ulf. haiþi = ἀγρός, Matth. vi. 28, 30, Luke xv. 15, xvii. 7, 31; and haiþivisks = ἄγριος; A. S. hæð; Engl. heath; O. H. G. haida; Germ. heide; Dan. hede; Swed. hed]:—a heath; in Icel. particularly heiðr (or heiði) is chiefly used of a low barren heath or fell; thus in local names heiðr is a common name for the barren tracts of fell between the foot of one fjord or dale and another, see the map of Icel. passim, Nj. 158, Eg. 137, 275, Grág. i. 440.
- heiðr
- COMPDS: heiðarbrekka, heiðarhæna, heiðarvegr, Heiðarvíg, Heiðarvígasaga, Heiðabær.
- heiðr
- II. a pr. name of a sybil, Vsp., as also freq. in compd names of women, usually dropping the h, Ragn-eiðr, Baug-eiðr: Heið-rekr, m. name of a king.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- mod.
- modern.
- nom.
- nominative.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)