baðmr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bagmaz.

Noun

baðmr m (genitive baðms, plural baðmar)

  1. (poetic, rare) tree
    • Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
      Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill
      hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; []
      I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill
      a high tree, washed / with white mud;

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: baðmur
  • Old Swedish: bagn