heiðr

== Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *haiduz. Originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed into an a-stem. ==== Noun ==== heiðr m (genitive heiðrs) honour, worth ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== heiðra (“to honour”) heiðran (“worship, honouring”) heiðumhár (“high with honours”) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: heiður Faroese: heiður Norwegian Nynorsk: heider Danish: hæder Norwegian Bokmål: heder Swedish: heder === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *haiþī. ==== Noun ==== heiðr f (genitive heiðar, plural heiðar) heath, moor ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: heiði Faroese: heiði Norwegian Nynorsk: hei, heid Norwegian Bokmål: hei Old Swedish: hēþ Swedish: hed Danish: hede Norwegian Bokmål: hede → Norwegian Nynorsk: hede === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Proto-Norse ᚺᚼᛁᛞᛉ, ᚺᛁᛞᛖᛉ (hideʀ), from Proto-Germanic *haidraz, *haidaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keyt- (“to shine, glow”). Cognate with Old High German heitar (German heiter) and Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “bright, wonderful, multicolored”). ==== Adjective ==== heiðr (comparative heiðari, superlative heiðastr) bright, clear, cloudless ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== heið n (“brightness of the sky (beyond the clouds)”) heiða (“to brighten, dispel the clouds”) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: heiður Faroese: heiður Norwegian Nynorsk: hei → English: hey