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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of hamn (“gestalt, shape”) + löpare (“runner; traveller”). Attested since 1697. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk hamløypar and Icelandic hamhleypa.
Noun
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- (archaic, folklore) a shapeshifter, someone or something who travels in the shape of another (usually a human who can change his/her shape into a wolf or bear by will)
- Synonym: hamnskiftare
1742–1743, Jacob Henrik Mörk, Adalriks Och Giöthildas Äfwentyr. Förra Delen, page 138:En dag kom en Örn, och lade sig öfwer dem med utslagna wingar. Alla Sudnackar och Hamnlöpare ropade at Inge, som förde en Örn i sitt Wapn, skulle blifwa en Herre öfwer Bjarmerna, och deras Land […]- One day an Eagle came and lay over them with its wings outstretched. All Deceivers and Shapeshifters shouted that Inge, who carried an Eagle in their Weapon, would become a Lord over the Bjarms, and their Land
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