löm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lom"
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lǫm, from Proto-Germanic *lamō. Cognate with Norwegian lam (“doorhinge”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
löm f (genitive singular lamar, nominative plural lamir)
Declension edit
declension of löm
Synonyms edit
- (hinge): hjara
References edit
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 595. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “lǫm”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 374