adv.
Cl haʒerly
'fittingly, properly' (Modern English )
PGmc Ancestor
*xag-az
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
hagr (adj.) ‘handy, skilful’; cp. hagliga (adv.) 'skilfully, handily’
(ONP hagr (2) (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far hagur, Icel hagur, Norw hag, ODan hag, OSw hagher
OE Cognate
hæg-(hāl) (adj.) 'healthy'
Phonological and morphological markers
<p>ON nominal <em>-r</em></p>
[absence of palatalization of */ɡ/] (possibly diagnostic)
Summary category
A2*c
The adv. is only otherwise attested in Orrm (MED, OED); see further haʒer (adj.).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 18, 1707