hafr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hafraz, whence also Old English hæfer.

Noun

hafr m (genitive hafrs)

1. (he-) goat
2. buck

Declension

  Declension of hafr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hafr	hafrinn	hafrar	hafrarnir
accusative	hafr	hafrinn	hafra	hafrana
dative	hafri	hafrinum	hǫfrum	hǫfrunum
genitive	hafrs	hafrsins	hafra	hafranna

Descendants

• Faroese: havur
• Icelandic: hafur

References

• “hafr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press