héri

See also: heri, Heri, and herí

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *héri, from Proto-Germanic *hezô, a variant of Proto-Germanic *hasô. Kroonen (2011) states that the Icelandic é in this word arose from the breaking of a short e into ja, the result of which underwent an r-umlaut to je, eventually merging with é /jɛː/ in Icelandic. ^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈçɛːrɪ/
Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ

Noun

héri m (genitive singular héra, nominative plural hérar)

a hare

Declension

Declension of *héri* (masculine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	héri	hérinn	hérar	hérarnir
accusative	héra	hérann	héra	hérana
dative	héra	héranum	hérum	hérunum
genitive	héra	hérans	héra	héranna

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2011), “The *e ~ *a type”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pages 200-201

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2011), “The *e ~ *a type”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pages 200-201

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