HAR

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Proto Norse 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Gothic 1.4 Old Swedish 1.5 Anglo-Saxon 1.6 Old High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element, see also HA

Proto Norse

*hauha- = 'high' ^{[1] [2]}
*hauhaR = 'high' ^[1]

Old Norse

hár = 'high' ^{[3] [1] [2]}
hǫr = 'high' ^[1]
hór = 'high' ^{[3] [1]}

Gothic

hauhs = 'high' ^[4]

Old Swedish

høgher = 'high' ^[5]

Anglo-Saxon

heáh = 'high' ^[6]
héh = 'high' ^[6]

Old High German

hōh = 'high' ^[4]

Related Names

See HǫR

Combinations

Name Element	Example
HER	see Hávarr
KONR	see Hákon
KUNI	see Hákon
NEF	see Hánefr
VÖR	see Hávör

First Element Forms

Ha- Há- Ho- Hå- Haa-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
4. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
5. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
6. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)