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

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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

• há-

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, nominative plural hár)

2. hair

   Þú hefur fallegt hárin.

   You have pretty hairs.

Derived terms

• hárgreiðsla
• hárþurrka
• í húð og hár
• skapahár
• skírnarhár

Related terms

• hæra

Etymology 3

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

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

hár m (genitive singular hás, nominative plural hávar)

1. (archaic) a dogfishTemplate:jump

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• Template:jump háfiskur, háfur

Related terms

• há-

Anagrams

• hrá

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːɾˠ/
• IPA^(key): /hæːɾˠ/

Noun

hár

1. h-prothesized form of ár

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

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

• hór, hœgr

Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstr)

1. high, tall

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
• Old Swedish: høgher, hø̄gher
  • Middle Norwegian: høg (from ca. 1400)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: høg
      • Norwegian Bokmål: høg
  • Swedish: hög
• Danish: høj
  • Faroese: høgur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høy
• • Gutnish: haugar, haug, hau
• Norn: hjog, høg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: håg (< pl. hávir; obsolete, dialectal), hå (in compound place names only)

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

Descendants

• Danish: hår
• Faroese: hár
• Icelandic: hár
• Norwegian: hår
• Swedish: hår

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. 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.

Descendants

• Faroese: háur, hávur
• Icelandic: hár

References

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