hǫm

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See also: hom, hôm, hợm, hom., and HOM

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Compare English ham.

Noun

hǫm f (genitive hamar)

  1. the back of the thigh (on animals)

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: höm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: homme
  • Swedish: hamboge
  • Danish: hambugt