hafr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Norse ᚺᛡᛒᛟᚱᚢᛗᛦ (hᴀborumʀ /⁠haβᵒrumʀ⁠/) (dative plural), from Proto-Germanic *hafraz, from Proto-Indo-European *kapro-. Cognate with Old English hæfer, Latin caper.

Noun[edit]

hafr m (genitive hafrs)

  1. he-goat; buck

Declension[edit]

  Declension of hafr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hafr hafrinn hafrar hafrarnir
accusative hafr hafrinn hafra hafrana
dative hafri hafrinum hǫfrum hǫfrunum
genitive hafrs hafrsins hafra hafranna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: hafur
  • Faroese: havur

References[edit]

  • “hafr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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