[6] herðir (m.) ‘hardened one’: From herðr ‘hardened’ (p. p. of the weak verb herða ‘temper (iron)’; see Heggstad et al. 2008: 1. herða and SnE 1998, II, 307). The agent noun herðir ‘hardener, strengthener’ is used as a base-word in man-kennings.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.