herað

See also: herad and hérað

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hīwą (“marriage”). Related to the first element of Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (heiwafrauja, “master of the house”).[1]

Noun

herað n (dative herði, plural heruð)

  1. district
  2. country (countryside)

Declension

Declension of herað (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative herað heraðit herǫð, heruð herǫðin, heruðin
accusative herað heraðit herǫð, heruð herǫðin, heruðin
dative herði herðinu herðum herðunum
genitive heraðs heraðsins herða herðanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hérað
  • Faroese: herað
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: herad; (dialectal) hørå
  • Old Swedish: hæraþ
  • Danish: herred
    • Norwegian Bokmål: herred
  • → Scottish Gaelic: Hearadh

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1676”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1676

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “herað”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 195; also available at the Internet Archive
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