hamr

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

hamr

  1. imperative of hamre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamô.

Noun

hamr m

  1. skin, slough
    hleypa hǫmum
    to cast the slough (of snakes)
  2. shape, form
    skipta hǫmum
    to change one's shape

Declension
  Declension of hamr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hamr hamrinn hamir hamirnir
accusative ham haminn hami hamina
dative ham haminum hǫmum hǫmunum
genitive hams hamsins hama hamanna

Descendants

References
  • hamr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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