humarr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *humaraz (“lobster”).

Noun

humarr m (genitive humars, plural humarar)

  1. lobster

Declension

  Declension of humarr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative humarr humarrinn humrar humrarnir
accusative humar humarinn humra humrana
dative humri humrinum humrum humrunum
genitive humars humarsins humra humranna

Descendants

References

  • “humarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “humara”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 254-55
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