hamarr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Compare Old English hamor (English hammer), Old Frisian hamar (West Frisian hammer), Old Saxon hamar (Low German Hamer), Old High German hamar (German Hammer).

Noun

hamarr m (genitive hamars, plural hamrar)

  1. stone
  2. a steep cliff, crag, a rock face
  3. hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
  4. porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

Declension

  Declension of hamarr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hamarr hamarrinn hamrar hamrarnir
accusative hamar hamarinn hamra hamrana
dative hamri hamrinum hǫmrum hǫmrunum
genitive hamars hamarsins hamra hamranna

Descendants

References

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

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