hvammr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwammaz. Cognate with Old English hwamm (“angle, corner”).

Noun

hvammr m (genitive hvamms, plural hvammar)

1. grassy hollow, little vale

Declension

  Declension of hvammr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvammr	hvammrinn	hvammar	hvammarnir
accusative	hvamm	hvamminn	hvamma	hvammana
dative	hvammi	hvamminum	hvǫmmum	hvǫmmunum
genitive	hvamms	hvammsins	hvamma	hvammanna

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvam, hom

References

• “hvammr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press