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Used to be called a roke (spelling?) in East Yorkshire
This sounds like the most norse word to me as it is called (sjö)rök in Swedish and the Norwegian pronounciation should sound something like "royk". The meaning is essentially (sea)smoke.
Haar isn't something that I can connect to any Scandinavian/Norse word, at least right now...
But sea smoke is something different. It happens when very cold air passes over a warmer sea (the other way round to haar). The water evaporating from the sea re-condenses to form wisps of mist close to the surface. Uncommon round English coasts, but sometimes found round Scotland. Heat some water up in a frying pan, remove from the heat, and look at the wispy steam above the pan; that's sea smoke. You'll sometimes hear it mentioned in the shipping forecast: "poor - smoke"
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