Old English · adjective
har
Normalised hār
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /xɑːr/[hɑːr]
- Syllables
- xɑːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- venerablegreyhoargrey-haired
Meaning
-
grey
ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.
proud by the wall. The war took away some men, carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death; a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.
wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm, -
grey-haired, old and grey, venerable
Þā wæs frōd cyning, hār hilderinc on hreon mōde,...
Then the old king, the hoary battle-hero, was in weary mind,... (Beowulf, l. 1307)
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | hār | hār | hār |
| Accusative | hārne | hāre | hār |
| Genitive | hāres | hārre | hāres |
| Dative | hārum | hārre | hārum |
| Instrumental | hāre | hārre | hāre |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | hāre | hārahāre | hār |
| Accusative | hāre | hārahāre | hār |
| Genitive | hārra | hārra | hārra |
| Dative | hārum | hārum | hārum |
| Instrumental | hārum | hārum | hārum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | hāra | hāre | hāre |
| Accusative | hāran | hāran | hāre |
| Genitive | hāran | hāran | hāran |
| Dative | hāran | hāran | hāran |
| Instrumental | hāran | hāran | hāran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | hāran | hāran | hāran |
| Accusative | hāran | hāran | hāran |
| Genitive | hārrahārena | hārrahārena | hārrahārena |
| Dative | hārum | hārum | hārum |
| Instrumental | hārum | hārum | hārum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hair.
Descendants
hoar
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