Complete Definition of "hersir"

English

Etymology
Old Norse hersir#Old Norse|hersir.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A local leader in early mediaeval Scandinavia.

#:*1997: There was a powerful hersir in Sognefjord called Bjorn, who lived at Aurland; his son Brynjolf inherited everything from him. � �Egil's Saga�, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 52)

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