Kjárr

Old Norse Etymology Either inherited from Proto-Northwest Germanic, where the word would have been *kaisaraz, or loaned from an early dialect of Proto-West Germanic. Replaced later by non keisari from Middle Low German. Noun m A legendary king, originally the Roman emperor136 "Atlakviða 7.9-10 reads hjalm ok skjǫld hvítastan kominn ór hǫll Kjárs 'helm and whitest shield come from the emperor's court'; again disyllabic *Keiars must be read, since the alliterating stress of the halfline is on hǫll, which must therefore be followed by two syllables, and in this case a translation 'emperor' is strongly suggested by the context." non Kjárs dóttir af Vallandi daughter of Kjárr from the land of the Romans References