hersir

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse hersir. === Noun === hersir (plural hersirs) A local leader in early mediaeval Norway. ==== 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 (Norway) a local chief lord (up until about 1050) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hersir Norwegian Nynorsk: herse Swedish: herse, härse Danish: herse Norwegian Bokmål: herse → English: hersir === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hersir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive “herse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Spanish == === Noun === hersir m (plural hersir) hersir