hatr

Drehu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔaʈ]

Adjective

hatr

  1. green

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hataz, whence also Old English hete, Old Saxon heti, Old High German haz, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis).

Noun

hatr n

  1. hatred, spite, aversion
    Synonym: afa
    Af þessum hlutum hrærisk (arises) heipt ok hatr.
    From these things arises hatred and spite.
    Megnt hatr.
    Bitter hatred.

Derived terms

  • baka hatr (to cause hatred, confer baka öfund and baka óvild)
  • bera hatr (to hate)
  • hafa hatr á (to bear hate to, confer hafa elsku á, hafa leiða á, hafa ógeð á, hafa óbeit á and hafa andstygð á)
  • hatrsfullr (hateful)
  • hatrssök (cause of hatred)
  • leggja hatr á (to take hatred to, confer leggja stund á, leggja starf á, leggja hug á, leggja kapp á, leggja ást á and leggja elsku á)
  • mannhatr (misanthropy)
  • trúarhatr (religious fanaticism)
  • þjóðhatr

Descendants

  • Danish: had
  • Faroese: hatur
  • Icelandic: hatur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hat
  • Swedish: hat

Further reading

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