herað

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See also: herad and hérað

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hīwą (“marriage”). Related to the first element of Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (heiwafrauja, “master of the house”).[1]

Noun

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herað n (dative herði, plural heruð)

  1. district
  2. country (countryside)

Declension

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  Declension of herað (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative herað heraðit herǫð, heruð herǫðin, heruðin
accusative herað heraðit herǫð, heruð herǫðin, heruðin
dative herði herðinu herðum herðunum
genitive heraðs heraðsins herða herðanna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hérað
  • Faroese: herað
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: herad; (dialectal) hørå
  • Old Swedish: hæraþ
  • Danish: herred
  • → Scottish Gaelic: Hearadh

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1676”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1676
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