hersir

See also: Hersir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hersir.

Noun

hersir (plural hersirs)

1. A local leader in early mediaeval Norway.
   • 1997, “Egil's Saga”, in Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 52:

     There was a powerful hersir in Sognefjord called Bjorn, who lived at Aurland; his son Brynjolf inherited everything from him.

Coordinate terms

• godi
• jarl

Anagrams

• Risher, Sherri, Shirer, hirers

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *harisjaz (“army’s leader”), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”).

Noun

hersir m

1. (Norway) a local chief lord (up until about 1050)

Declension

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hersir	hersirinn	hersar	hersarnir
accusative	hersi	hersinn	hersa	hersana
dative	hersi	hersinum	hersum	hersunum
genitive	hersis	hersisins	hersa	hersanna

  Declension of hersir (strong ija-stem)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hersir
• Norwegian Nynorsk: herse
• Swedish: herse, härse
• Danish: herse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herse
• → English: hersir

References

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

Spanish

Noun

hersir m (plural hersir)

1. hersir