Há
Old Norse Dictionary - há
Meaning of Old Norse word "há"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word há can mean:há
- há
- 1. mod. ha, interj. eh? (what did you say?), Sks. 304, 365; in the last century the long vowel was still sounded in the east of Icel.
- há
- 2. ð, in the phrase, e-m háir, one is pinched or worn by sickness, work, or the like; honum háir það, snarpr sultr hár (pinches) mannkyni, Merl. 2. 31; nú vill oss hvervetna há, everything vexes us, Fas. iii. 12, freq. in mod. usage. The part. háðr (háðr e-m, depending upon one, subservient to one, ó-háðr, independent) belongs either to há or to heyja.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)