The comparative analysis aligns Old Norse hatr and genitive hatrs with the Germanic *hatiz- noun after North Germanic loss or reduction of unstressed material and branch-specific inflection. The public sources establish the comparison more securely than one fully specified sound-law derivation.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 1180inheritanceprobable
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A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
hatr
hatred, enmity, spite; perhaps mockery or scorn in one uncertain context
OPEN NODE 1198 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · hate anger germanic i stem*hatiz-
hate, anger, enmity, spite, or hostility
OPEN NODE 1094 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The inherited hate, anger, enmity, or spite field continues in Old Norse hatred, enmity, and spite. One proposed mockery or scorn context remains a qualified side sense rather than the ancestral center.
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old Norse textual record, including a directly inspected c.1150-1200 manuscript token.
Dictionary of Old Norse Prose editors · Richard Cleasby · Guðbrandur Vigfússon · John T. Koch
probable — The Old Norse form and comparative Germanic set are attested or published; the parent form, exact paradigm history, and semantic center are reconstructed.
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Celto-Germanic — HATRED *kad-p. 101, Proto-Germanic *hataz ~ *hatiz- and Old Norse hatr
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the reconstructed stem alternation and Old Norse descendant.
DWDS — Hass, etymology after Wolfgang PfeiferPfeifer etymology: Old Norse hatr in the cross-Germanic noun family
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently places hatr inside the inherited family.
Dictionary of Old Norse Prose — ²hatr, neuter noun²hatr sb. n. [hatrs; -], 54 citations, primary sense hatred, enmity, spite
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the chief Old Norse gender, genitive form, corpus count, and semantic range.
An Icelandic-English Dictionary — hatrEntry hatr, n.; comparison with Gothic hatis, Old English hete, German Hass, Danish had, and Swedish hat
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the historical cross-Germanic comparison and neuter classification.
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EDITORIAL REUSE