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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skammaz.
Adjective
skammr (comparative skemmri, superlative skemstr)
- short
fyr skǫmmu- a short time ago
hvern létu þeir hǫfði skemmra- they decapitated each one
- (literally, “they let each one become shorter by a head”)
Declension
Strong declension of skammr
Weak declension of skammr
Declension of comparative of skammr
Strong declension of superlative of skammr
Weak declension of superlative of skammr
Descendants
References
- “skammr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press