herad

Norwegian Nynorsk

noun-n1
Definitions
  • (in placenames) village
  • (historic) administrative divisions with their own thing (thing) and divided into four fjórðungr (fjórðungar)
  • (historic) a kind of rural administrative division

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse herað.

Origin

Old Norse

herað

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