harr
See also: Harr
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
harr (plural harrs)
- (Britain, dialectal) A sea mist
- (Scotland) A wind from the east
- 1812, William Tennant, Anster Fair, a Poem, 1838 Chambers ed. edition, 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
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Usage notes
- Fog sense often used in British English literature
References
- 1880, John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, page 489
- 1961, edited by Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect ..., Vol. 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.
- 2005, Bill Griffiths, 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
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Noun
harr (plural harrs)
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skarna, from *skera. Cognate with Gothic us-skarjan (us-skarjan, “to tear out”), Lithuanian skiriù.[1] More at shqerr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /har/
Verb
harr (first-person singular past tense harra, participle harrë)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 187
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German hera. Cognate with German her.
References
- “harr” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 12.
German
Low German
Norwegian
Swedish
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse herri, herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hàrː], [hæ̀rː]
- Rhymes: -àrː, -æ̀rː
Derived terms
- harrkar (“gentleman; good, excellent man”)
- harrstu (“hall”)
See also
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hárː], [hǽrː]
- Rhymes: -árː, -ǽrː
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