hamr

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

hamre

Verb

hamr

imperative of hamre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamô.

Noun

hamr m

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

Declension

Declension of hamr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hamr	hamrinn	hamir	hamirnir
accusative	ham	haminn	hami	hamina
dative	ham	haminum	hǫmum	hǫmunum
genitive	hams	hamarins	hama	hamanna

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: ham
Danish: ham, hams

Related terms

líkami

References

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

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