HÍRA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HÍRA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HÍRA

ð, [hira, Ivar Aasen, statt ikje dar aa hir! and hiren = lazy]:—híra við, to stand idle, tarry, loiter, Grág. i. 6, 65; öllu var honum betra á Stað, heima að híra, Jón Arason: in mod. usage a reflex., hírast, to sit snug at home; það er og vel að þú hírist (hýrist is a wrong spelling) hér eptir þar sem þú ert nú kominn og etir þar og drekkir, Od. x. 270, 271; hinir hírðu við … ek hírumk hér hjá í yðvarri þjónustu, Vitae Patrum (Unger).

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᚱᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.

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