herra.
lord, master
Meaning & usage
lord, master
the Lord (God)
an honorific title for a bishop; Lord
an honorific title for a noble; Lord
an honorific title for the highest state officials, now especially the president, but also a sýslumaður (the local official of the state in each sýsla), ambassador, etc.; Excellency
mister (general honorific for a man, especially in writing; usually abbreviated: hr.)
a general deferential form of address to a male; sir
gentleman (general polite term for a male)
domur mínar og herrar
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old Dutch hēriro, Old High German hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). Cognates include Danish, Norwegian and Swedish herre, Dutch heer, German Herr. The Old High German word originally meant “grey, grey-haired”, and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr.
to knight or bestow nobility on
to confer on someone the dignity of herra, allow someone to be called herra
to address or refer to as herra (as should be done to bishops, etc.)
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