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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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