harr
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
harr (plural harrs)
- (British, dialectal) A sea mist
- 1848, William Davidson, “Observations on the Climate of Largs”, in Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal[2], volume 69, "Arran", pages 39-40:
- Fogs and harrs are unfrequent, as are constant rain; mornings of drenching flood being often succeeded by bright and beautiful days.
- 1890, Sarah Tytler, “An Easterly Harr”, in Pot pourri of gifts literary and artistic[3], page 79:
- The harr clung in a close, white drapery to trees; it swallowed up houses ; it obliterated hills.
- (Scotland) A wind from the east
- 1812, William Tennant, Anster Fair, a Poem[5], 1838 Chambers ed. edition, page 8:
- For lo! now peeping just above the vast / Vault of the German Sea, in east afar, / Appears full many a brig's and schooner's mast, / Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr
Alternative forms
Usage notes
- Fog sense often used in British English literature
References
- 1880, John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, page 489
- 1961, edited by Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect ..., Vol. 3, page 5
- A northern harr Brings fine weather from far'; n.Yks.* e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. ... The harr was very heavy in the marshes this mornin' (THR). 2.
- 2005, Bill Griffiths, A Dictionary of North East Dialect - page 80
- ... "hare or harr - a mist or thick fog" Brockett Newc & Nth 1829; "harr - a strong fog or wet mist, almost verging on a drizzle" Atkinson Cleve 1868;
Etymology 2
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Noun
harr (plural harrs)
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skarna, from *skera. Cognate with Gothic us-skarjan (“to tear out”), Lithuanian skiriù.[1] More at shqerr.
Pronunciation
Verb
harr (aorist harra, participle harrë)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German hera. Cognate with German her.
Adverb
harr
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 12.
German
Verb
harr
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of harren.
Low German
Verb
harr
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
harr m (definite singular harren, indefinite plural harrer, definite plural harrene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
harr m (definite singular harren, indefinite plural harrar, definite plural harrane)
References
- “harr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
harr c
- grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
Declension
Declension of harr | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | harr | harren | harrar | harrarna |
Genitive | harrs | harrens | harrars | harrarnas |
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
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Noun
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Derived terms
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See also
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Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
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Noun
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