faðmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, whence also Old English fæþm and Old High German fadum.

Noun

faðmr m

1. embrace
2. fathom

Descendants

• Icelandic: faðmur
• Faroese: favnur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: famn; (dialectal) fabn, fabm
• Elfdalian: farm, fammen
• Old Swedish: famn, faghn
  • Swedish: famn, fagn
• Old Danish: fafn, fathm
  • Danish: favn, farm, fadm
    • Norwegian Bokmål: favn
• Scanian: fağn
• Gutnish: famn