árr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *airuz.

Noun

árr m (genitive árar, plural ærir)

1. messenger, servant
2. (plural only) angels

Declension

  Declension of árr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	árr	árrinn	ærir	ærirnir
accusative	ár	árinn	áru	áruna
dative	æri	ærinum	árum	árunum
genitive	árar	árarins	ára	áranna

Related terms

• erendi (“errand”)

Synonyms

• (angels): englar

References

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