árr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *airuz. Cognate with Gothic airus (“messenger”).

Noun

árr m (genitive árar, plural ærir)

  1. messenger, servant
    • c. 975, Þórbjǫrn dísarskáld, Poem about Þórr, verse 1
      Þórr hefr Yggs með ǫ́rum
      Ásgarð af þrek varðan.
      Thor has mightily defended Asgard together with the messengers of Ygg [GODS].
    • Hlǫðskviða stanza 30 (ed. Neckel/Kuhn, Die Lieder des Codex Regius, 5th edition, 1983):
      Eigi scolom árom spilla, / þeim er fara einir saman.
      We ought not to harm messengers who ride alone.
  2. (plural only, Christianity) angels

Declension
  Declension of árr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative árr árrinn ærir ærirnir
accusative ár árinn áru áruna
dative æri ærinum árum árunum
genitive árar árarins ára áranna
  Declension of árr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫ́rr ǫ́rrinn ærir ærirnir
accusative ǫ́r ǫ́rinn ǫ́ru ǫ́runa
dative æri ærinum ǫ́rum ǫ́runum
genitive árar árarins ára áranna

Synonyms

References
  • árr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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