haddr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hazdaz.

Noun

haddr m

  1. hair (on a woman's head)

Declension

Declension of haddr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative haddr haddrinn haddar haddarnir
accusative hadd haddinn hadda haddana
dative haddi haddinum hǫddum hǫddunum
genitive hadds haddsins hadda haddanna

Derived terms

  • hár n (“hair”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: haddur

Further reading

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