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Webster 1913 Edition


Her

Her

,
p
ron.
&
Adj.
[OE.
hire
,
here
,
hir
,
hure
, gen. and dat. sing., AS.
hire
, gen. and dat. sing. of
héo
she. from the same root as E.
he
. See
He
.]
The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she;
as, I saw
her
with
her
purse out
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Her

HER

, pronounced hur, an adjective, or pronominal adjective of the third person. [L. suus.]
1.
Belonging to a female; as her face; her head.
2.
It is used before neuter nouns in personification.
Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Prov.3.
Her is also used as a pronoun or substitute for a female in the objective case, after a verb or preposition.
She gave also to her husband with her, and he did eat. Gen.3.
Hers is primarily the objective or genitive case, denoting something that belongs to a female. But it stands as a substitute in the nominative or objective case.
And what his fortune wanted, hers could mend.
Here hers stands for her fortune, but it must be considered as the nominative to could mend. I will take back my own book and give you hers. Here hers is the object after give.

Definition 2024


hér

hér

See also: her, hèr, hær, and her-

Icelandic

Adverb

hér

  1. here
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,
      rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,
      hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,
      úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;
      Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,
      drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.
      Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,
      the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.
      Here many spirits of the dark
      threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.
      The Lord leads my horse,
      it is still a long, long way home.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • hér á eftir
  • hér á landi
  • hér á ofan
  • hér á sveit
  • hér eftir
  • hér í
  • hér í kring
  • hér með
  • hér nærri
  • hér og hvar
  • hér og nú
  • hér og þar
  • hér um bil

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hē₂r.

Adverb

hér

  1. here

Descendants