harðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harduz, whence also Old English heard, Old Frisian herd, Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old High German hart, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong; powerful”).

Adjective

harðr

1. hard
2. hard, stern, severe
3. hardy

Descendants

• Danish: hård
• Faroese: harður
• Icelandic: harður

• Norwegian (bokmål): hard
• Norwegian (nynorsk): hard
• Swedish: hård (Old Swedish harþer)

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press