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

Declension of hersir (strong ija-stem)

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

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)

1. hersir