Hár

See also: har, Har, hár, hār, här, hår, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse hár (“high”), thus meaning "High One".[1]

Proper noun

Hár m (genitive Hás)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

References
  1. Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4
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