hamarr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Compare Old English hamor (English hammer), Old Frisian hamar (West Frisian hammer), Old Saxon hamar (Low German Hamer), Old High German hamar (German Hammer).
Noun edit
hamarr m (genitive hamars, plural hamrar)
- stone
- a steep cliff, crag, a rock face
- hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
- porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Declension edit
Declension of hamarr (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hamar
- Faroese: hamar, hamari
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hamar, hammar
- → Norwegian Bokmål: hammar
- Elfdalian: åmår
- Old Swedish: hamar
- Old Danish: hamær, hambær
References edit
- “hamarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press