horskr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hurskaz (“fast, quick, lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Adjective

horskr

  1. wise

References
  • “horskr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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