hlemmr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlammiz.

Noun

hlemmr m (genitive hlemms, plural hlemmar)

  1. trapdoor

Declension

Declension of hlemmr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hlemmr hlemmrinn hlemmar hlemmarnir
accusative hlemm hlemminn hlemma hlemmana
dative hlemmi hlemminum hlemmum hlemmunum
genitive hlemms hlemmsins hlemma hlemmanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hlemmur
  • Faroese: lemmur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lem
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lem
  • Swedish: läm
  • Danish: lem

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hlemmr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive