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)

  1. 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.
  2. (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; […]

Declension
  Declension of jaðarr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
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
  • Icelandic: jaðar m
  • Faroese: jaðar m, jaðari m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jadar m, jar (jâr) m, jare m, Jæren m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jare m
  • Old Swedish: iæþur, iadher
    • Swedish: jäder c (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: jæder
    • Danish: jæder

References
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