herða
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to make hard, temper
- (transitive) to press, clench
- (transitive) to make firm, exhort
- (absolutive) to follow, closely, pursue vigorously
- (impersonal) to become hard, harden
- (reflexive) to take heart
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną (harden, endure) root from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (beat, move quickly, shake, hit, quick, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kret-
Gloss
beat, move quickly, shake, hit, quick, strike
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -κρατία Ancient Greek
- Κράτης Ancient Greek
- Κράτιππος Ancient Greek
- Κρατύλος Ancient Greek
- Μενεκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ναύκρατις Ancient Greek
- Ξενοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
- Τιμοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
- δημοκρατία Ancient Greek
- θεοκρατία Ancient Greek
- κράταιγος Ancient Greek
- κράτος Ancient Greek
- κρατέω Ancient Greek
- κραταιός Ancient Greek
- κρότος Ancient Greek
- Ἀμφικράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἀναξικράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἀντικράτης Ancient Greek
- ἐγκρατής Ancient Greek
- Ἐχεκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμοκράτης Ancient Greek
- ἱπποκρατία Ancient Greek
- Ἰσοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἰφικράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἱπποκράτης Ancient Greek
- *kert- Proto-Indo-European
- *kort-ús Proto-Indo-European
- *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *krétus Proto-Indo-European
- *kr̥t- Proto-Indo-European
- forherde Norwegian Bokmål
- herde Norwegian Bokmål
- *hardijaną Proto-Germanic
- *harduz Proto-Germanic
- *hardį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *hraþaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrindaną Proto-Germanic
- bernhardinar Norwegian Nynorsk
- sanktbernhardshund Norwegian Nynorsk
- hierdan Old English
- harðleikr Old Norse
- vaka Old Norse
- herða Icelandic
- κράτος Greek (modern)
- 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *kärcidäk Proto-Finnic
- hærþa Old Swedish
- *hardijan Frankish