herða

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See also: herda and Hertha

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse herða, from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

herða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative herti, supine hert)

  1. (transitive) to harden (make harder)
  2. (transitive) to tighten (a grip, girdle, etc.)

Conjugation[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.

Verb[edit]

herða (past indicative herði, past participle herðr)

  1. (transitive) to make hard, temper
  2. (transitive) to press, clench
  3. (transitive) to make firm, exhort
  4. (absolutive) to follow, closely, pursue vigorously
  5. (impersonal, with accusative) to become hard, harden
  6. (reflexive) to take heart
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: herða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: herda; (dialectal) hørde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herde
  • Old Swedish: hærþa
  • Old Danish: hærthæ

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

herða f (genitive herðu)

  1. tempering (of steel)
  2. hardness, severity
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

herða

  1. indefinite genitive plural of herað
  2. indefinite genitive plural of herðr

Participle[edit]

herða

  1. inflection of herðr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

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