harr
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Noun[edit]
harr (plural harrs)
- (British, dialectal) A sea mist.
- 1848, William Davidson, “Observations on the Climate of Largs”, in Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal[2], volume 69, "Arran", pages 39–40:
- Fogs and harrs are unfrequent, as are constant rain; mornings of drenching flood being often succeeded by bright and beautiful days.
- 1890, Sarah Tytler, “An Easterly Harr”, in Pot pourri of gifts literary and artistic[3], page 79:
- The harr clung in a close, white drapery to trees; it swallowed up houses ; it obliterated hills.
- (Scotland) A wind from the east.
- 1812, William Tennant, Anster Fair, a Poem[5], Chambers, published 1838, page 8:
- For lo! now peeping just above the vast / Vault of the German Sea, in east afar, / Appears full many a brig's and schooner's mast, / Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr
Usage notes[edit]
- Fog sense often used in British English literature
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- John Jamieson (1880) An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, page 489
- Joseph Wright, editor (1961), The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect ..., volume 3, page 5: “A northern harr Brings fine weather from far'; n.Yks.* e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. ... The harr was very heavy in the marshes this mornin' (THR). 2.”
- Bill Griffiths (2005) A Dictionary of North East Dialect, page 80: “... "hare or harr - a mist or thick fog" Brockett Newc & Nth 1829; "harr - a strong fog or wet mist, almost verging on a drizzle" Atkinson Cleve 1868;”
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
harr (plural harrs)
Anagrams[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *skarna, from *skera. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usskarjan, “to tear out”), Lithuanian skìrti.[1] More at shqerr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
harr (aorist harra, participle harrë)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
Alemannic German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German hera. Cognate with German her.
Adverb[edit]
harr
References[edit]
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 12.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
harr
Low German[edit]
Verb[edit]
harr
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
harr m (definite singular harren, indefinite plural harrer, definite plural harrene)
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
harr m (definite singular harren, indefinite plural harrar, definite plural harrane)
References[edit]
- “harr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
harr c
Declension[edit]
Declension of harr | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | harr | harren | harrar | harrarna |
Genitive | harrs | harrens | harrars | harrarnas |
References[edit]
- harr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- harr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- harr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English harre, from Old English heorra, from Proto-Germanic *herzô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
harr
- The shank of a button.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 60:
- Outh o' harr; Out o' harr.
- Out of joint, off hinge.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 73:
- Udh o' harr.
- Out of joint, off hinge.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 44
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