stormr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, whence also Old English storm, Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around).

Noun

stormr m

  1. storm

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: stormur
  • Faroese: stormur
  • Norwegian: storm (Bokmål), storm (Nynorsk)
  • Old Swedish: stormber
  • Danish: storm

Further reading

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