Tár

Meaning of Old Norse word "tár"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word tár can mean:tár

tár

n., pl. tár, old pl. t́r; [Goth. tagr; A. S. teâr; Engl. tear; O. H. G. zakar; Germ. zähre; Swed. tår; Dan. taare; Lat. lacryma; Gr. δάκρυ]:—a tear, tears; móðug tár, moody tears, Gh.; fella tár, to let fall tears, Stj.; tárin hrundu, FmS. vi. 235; hrutu ór augum honum tár þau sem því vóru lík sem hagl þat er stórt er, Glúm. 342 (cp. þá fann Páll at hann leit frá, ok stökk ór andlitiuu sem haglkorn væri, Sturl. iii. 193); hvat berr nú þat við, faðir minn, er þér hrynja tár, Ld. 132: the instances of this word in the Sagas are rare, bearing out the remarks of Tacitus—lamenta et lacrymas cito, dolorem et tristitiam tarde ponunt; feminis lugere honestum est, viris meminisse, Germ. ch. 27, words which call to mind the scene in Fær. S. ch. 7—sveinarnir sátu á klettimun ok sá upp á þessi tíðendi. ok grét Þórir, en Sigmundr mælti, grátum eigi, frændi, en munum lengr; víg-tár, ‘war-tears,’ tears boding revenge, Sighvat: in poets ‘tears’ are called the brá-regn, brú-dögg, skúrir, él kinna, brá, i. e. rain, dew, shower, hail of the cheeks, brows, see Edda: gold is called Freyju-tár, i. e. tears of Freyja; ‘tears of the wound’ = blood, ‘the tears of the sky’ = rain, etc., Lex. Poët.: the mod. Dan. and Swed. usage, calling a drop of wine or spirits ‘en taare,’ god tår, is curiouS.

tár

COMPDS: tárblandinn, tárdöggr, tárafall, tárfella, tárfelldr, tárfelling, tármelti, tármildr, társtokkinn.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements