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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bagmaz.
Noun
baðmr m (genitive baðms, plural baðmar)
- (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
Declension of baðmr (strong a-stem)
Descendants