# hár
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔaːɹ/
* Rhymes: -ɔaːɹ

### Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)
* hair

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hauːr/
* Rhymes: -auːr

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hár, hór, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

#### Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstur)
* high
    Múrinn er hár.The wall is high.
* tall
    Guð minn almáttugur! Þú ert orðinn svo hár!My God almighty! You've gotten so tall!
* loud

##### Declension

$^1$Archaic/obsolete.

##### Derived terms

* há-

##### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “hár”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* “hár” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
* “hár”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

#### Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, nominative plural hár)
* hair
    Þú hefur fallegt hár.You have pretty hair.

##### Derived terms

* hárgreiðsla
* hárþurrka
* í húð og hár
* skapahár
* skírnarhár

##### Related terms

* hæra

### Etymology 3

Cognate with the Faroese háur, hávur, Norwegian Bokmål hai and Swedish haj.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

hár m (genitive singular hás, nominative plural hávar)
* (archaic) a dogfish
    Synonyms: háfiskur, háfur

##### Related terms

* há-

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Norse hár (“thole”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

hár m (genitive singular hás, nominative plural háir)
* (archaic) oarlock, thole

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

### Anagrams

* hrá

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /hɑːɾˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /hæːɾˠ/

### Noun

hár
* h-prothesized form of ár

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”). Cognate with Old English hēah, Old Frisian hāch, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs).

#### Alternative forms

* hór
* *haugʀ — Old East Norse
* hæri

#### Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstr)
* high, tall
** Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
    Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […]I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill a high tree, washed / with white mud; […]

##### Derived terms

* háaltari m (“high altar”)
* hábeinn (“high-legged”)
* hábjarg n (“high rock”)
* hábogaðr (“high-curved”)
* hádegi n (“noon”)
* hádegiskeið n (“noon-tide”)
* háfjall n (“high mountain”)
* háfleygr (“high-flying”)
* háflœðr f (“full flood”)
* háfœttr (“high-legged”)
* háleikr m (“highness”)
* háleitligr (“sublime”)
* háleitr (“looking upwards”)
* hálæti n (“shouting, noise”)
* hámessa f (“high mass”)
* hámælgi f (“loud talking”)
* hámæli n (“loud-voicedness”)
* hámæltr (“loud-voiced”)
* hánefjaðr (“high-nosed”)
* hápallr m (“dais”)
* Hár m (“Hár”)
* háreysti n (“noise, clamour”)
* háreystr (“noisy”)
* hásegl n (“top sail”)
* háseti m (“oarsman”)
* hásin f (“Achilles tendon”)
* háskeptr (“long-shafted”)
* hástafir m pl
* hástaðr m (“high place”)
* hásteint (“full of high boulders”)
* hástóll m (“high seat”)
* hásumar n (“midsummer”)
* hásæti n (“high-seat”)
* hátalaðr (“high-voiced”)
* hátimbra (“to build high”)
* hátíð f (“festival”)
* hátún n (“high place”)
* hávaði m (“noise, tumult”)
* hávetr m (“midwinter”)
* hávetri n (“midwinter”)
* Jafnhár m (“Jafnhár”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: hár
* Faroese: háur
* Norn: hjog, høg
** → Scots: hoe
* Norwegian Nynorsk: håg (< pl. hávir); (dialectal) hå
* Old Swedish: hø̄gher
** Swedish: hög
** → Middle Norwegian: høg (from ca. 1400)
*** Norwegian Nynorsk: høg
**** → Norwegian Bokmål: høg
* Danish: høj
** Norwegian Bokmål: høy
** → Faroese: høgur
* Old Gutnish: haur
** Gutnish: haugar, haug, hau

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Compare Old Saxon and Old High German hār, Old English her, hǣr.

#### Noun

hár n
* hair

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: hár
* Faroese: hár
* Norwegian Nynorsk: hår
* Norwegian Bokmål: hår
* Elfdalian: år
* Old Swedish: hār
** Swedish: hår
* Danish: hår
* Gutnish: har, hår

### Etymology 3

According to de Vries, from the same origin as the "shark" sense of Etymology 4, perhaps referring to the jagged nature of tholes and sharks.

#### Noun

hár m (genitive hás, plural háir)
* thole
    Synonyms: þollr, keipr

##### Descendants

* Norwegian Nynorsk: hå

### Etymology 4

Of uncertain origin. De Vries considers the word to be derived from a earlier form related to Proto-Germanic *hōhô (“plow”), while others take the word as possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, cut”), and related to Frankish *hauwan. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Noun

hár m
* spiny dogfish
** First Grammatical Treatise, 84 22:Har vex á kykvendum, en hȧr er fiskr.Hair grows on living things, but har is a fish.

##### Usage notes

The First Grammarian says that this word had a long nasalized vowel, marked with an overdot, and contrasts it with hár (“hair”), which does not.

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: hár
* Faroese: háur, hávur
* Norn: hå
* Norwegian Nynorsk: hå
* Norwegian Bokmål: hå
* → Middle Dutch: haeye
** Dutch: haai m
*** Afrikaans: haai
*** → West Frisian: haai
*** → English: haye
*** → Plautdietsch: Heifesch
*** → German: Hai m
*** → Norwegian Nynorsk: hai m
*** → Swedish: haj c
**** → Estonian: hai
**** → Finnish: hai
*** → Danish: haj c
**** Norwegian Bokmål: hai m
*** → Gutnish: haj

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

hár
* strong feminine nominative singular of hárr
* strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of hárr

### Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

hár f
* indefinite genitive singular of há
* indefinite nominative/accusative plural of há

### References

* 1 2 de Vries, Jan (1977) “hár 1 m. 'ruderklamp, dollen; hai'”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, pages 209-10

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hár”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 187; also available at the Internet Archive

### Anagrams

* hrá