varmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmaz, whence also Old English wearm, Old Saxon warm, Old Frisian warm, Old High German warm, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (*warms). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

Adjective

varmr (comparative varmari, superlative varmastr)

warm

Descendants

Icelandic: varmur
Faroese: varmur
Norwegian: varm
Old Swedish: varmber, værmber
- Swedish: varm
Old Danish: warm
- Danish: varm
Old Gutnish: varmbr
- Gutnish: varmar
Scanian: værmer
Elfdalian: warm

References

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

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