jaðarr
See also: Jaðarr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- jǫðurr
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *edaraz (“enclosure”). Cognate with Old English eodor, Old Saxon eder, Old High German etar.
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈjɑðɑrː/
Noun
jaðarr m (genitive jaðars, plural jaðrar)
- a rim, edge, selvage
- Stjórn 103, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 307:
- Kroka skaltu gera i iodrum ok endum tialldanna.
- You will put the hooks through the rims and ends of the tent.
- Stjórn 103, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 307:
- (figuratively) the highest one, foremost one, lord
- Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, verse 40, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 116:
- […] ef þik fólks jaðar / finna lystir; […]
- […] if fain the lord / of the folk wouldst find; […]
- Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, verse 40, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 116:
Declension
Declension of jaðarr (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | jaðarr | jaðarrinn | jaðrar | jaðrarnir |
accusative | jaðar | jaðarinn | jaðra | jaðrana |
dative | jaðri | jaðrinum | jǫðrum | jǫðrunum |
genitive | jaðars | jaðarsins | jaðra | jaðranna |
Derived terms
Terms derived from jaðarr
- Jaðarr (“Jæren”)
- jaðra (“to border”)
- jaðrakan (“godwit”)
- jaðraskegg (“whiskers”)
- handarjaðarr (“edge of the hand”)
- *himinjaðarr, himinjǫðurr (“horizon”)
- skýjaðarr (“heaven”)
- sólarjaðarr (“edge of the hand”)
Descendants
- Faroese: jaðar, jaðari m
- Icelandic: jaðar m
- Norwegian Bokmål: jare m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jar m, jare m
- Old Danish: jæder
- Swedish: jäder c (dialectal)
References
- jaðarr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- jaðarr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.