Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element
Ancient Germanic
*haira- = 'noble', 'distinguished' [1]
Old Norse
hār-r = 'grey', 'old' [1]
hárr = 'grey', 'grey-haired', 'hoary', 'old' [2] [3]
hæra = 'hoariness', 'grey hair' [4]
Old High German
hēr = 'grey', 'old' [1]
Anglo-Saxon
hear = 'hoary' [3]
Old English
hār = 'grey', 'old' [1]
Related Names
See Hárr, Hæra
Combinations
First Element Forms
Hár-
Hær-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)