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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hammer.
Pronunciation
Noun
hamr m inan
- (informal) hammer
- Synonym: kladivo
Declension
Declension of hamr (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- hamr in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- hamr in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
hamr
- imperative of hamre
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hamô.
Noun
hamr m
- skin, slough
- hleypa hǫmum ― to cast the slough (of snakes)
- shape, form
- skipta hǫmum ― to change one's shape
Declension
Declension of hamr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “hamr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press