herða

See also: herda and Hertha

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse herða, from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛrða/
    Rhymes: -ɛrða

Verb

herða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative herti, supine hert)

  1. (transitive) to harden (make harder)
  2. (transitive) to tighten (a grip, girdle, etc.)

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.

Verb

herða (past indicative herði, past participle herðr)

  1. (transitive) to make hard, temper
  2. (transitive) to press, clench
  3. (transitive) to make firm, exhort
  4. (absolutive) to follow, closely, pursue vigorously
  5. (impersonal, with accusative) to become hard, harden
  6. (reflexive) to take heart
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: herða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: herda; (dialectal) hørde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herde
  • Old Swedish: hærþa
  • Old Danish: hærthæ
    • Danish: hærde

Noun

herða f (genitive herðu)

  1. tempering (of steel)
  2. hardness, severity
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

herða

  1. indefinite genitive plural of herað
  2. indefinite genitive plural of herðr

Participle

herða

  1. inflection of herðr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

References

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