árr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *airuz. Cognate with Gothic airus (messenger).

Noun

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árr m (genitive árar, plural ærir)

  1. messenger, servant
    • c. 975, Þórbjǫrn dísarskáld, Poem about Þórr, verse 1
      Þórr hefr Yggs með ǫ́rum
      Ásgarð af þrek varðan.
      Thor has mightily defended Asgard together with the messengers of Ygg [GODS].
    • Hlǫðskviða stanza 30 (ed. Neckel/Kuhn, Die Lieder des Codex Regius, 5th edition, 1983):
      Eigi scolom árom spilla, / þeim er fara einir saman.
      We ought not to harm messengers who ride alone.
  2. (plural only, Christianity) angels

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References

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