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Old English · adjective

har

Normalised hār

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/xɑːr/
[hɑːr]
Syllables
xɑːr (1 syllable)
Modern English
venerablegreyhoargrey-haired

Meaning

  1. 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,
  2. 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

Strong declension of har
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hārhārhār
Accusative hārnehārehār
Genitive hāreshārrehāres
Dative hārumhārrehārum
Instrumental hārehārrehāre
Plural
Nominative hārehārahārehār
Accusative hārehārahārehār
Genitive hārrahārrahārra
Dative hārumhārumhārum
Instrumental hārumhārumhārum
Weak declension of har
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hārahārehāre
Accusative hāranhāranhāre
Genitive hāranhāranhāran
Dative hāranhāranhāran
Instrumental hāranhāranhāran
Plural
Nominative hāranhāranhāran
Accusative hāranhāranhāran
Genitive hārrahārenahārrahārenahārrahārena
Dative hārumhārumhārum
Instrumental hārumhārumhārum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hair.

Descendants

hoar

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