armr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *armaz, whence also Old English arm, Old High German arm.

Noun

armr m

  2. arm
  3. the wing of a body
Declension
Declension of armr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative armr armrinn armar armarnir
accusative arm arminn arma armana
dative armi arminum ǫrmum ǫrmunum
genitive arms armsins arma armanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: armur
  • Faroese: armur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: arm; (dialectal) arm’e
  • Old Swedish: armber
  • Danish: arm
    • Norwegian Bokmål: arm
  • Gutnish: arm, harm

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *armaz.

Adjective

armr (comparative armari, superlative armastr)

  2. poor, unhappy
  3. wretched, wicked
    hin arma kerling
    the wicked old woman
Declension
Strong declension of armr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative armr ǫrm armt
accusative arman arma armt
dative ǫrmum armri ǫrmu
genitive arms armrar arms
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative armir armar ǫrm
accusative arma armar ǫrm
dative ǫrmum ǫrmum ǫrmum
genitive armra armra armra
Weak declension of armr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative armi arma arma
accusative arma ǫrmu arma
dative arma ǫrmu arma
genitive arma ǫrmu arma
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ǫrmu ǫrmu ǫrmu
accusative ǫrmu ǫrmu ǫrmu
dative ǫrmum ǫrmum ǫrmum
genitive ǫrmu ǫrmu ǫrmu
Declension of comparative of armr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative armari armari armara
accusative armara armari armara
dative armara armari armara
genitive armara armari armara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative armari armari armari
accusative armari armari armari
dative ǫrmurum ǫrmurum ǫrmurum
genitive armari armari armari
Strong declension of superlative of armr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative armastr ǫrmust armast
accusative armastan armasta armast
dative ǫrmustum armastri ǫrmustu
genitive armasts armastrar armasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative armastir armastar ǫrmust
accusative armasta armastar ǫrmust
dative ǫrmustum ǫrmustum ǫrmustum
genitive armastra armastra armastra
Weak declension of superlative of armr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative armasti armasta armasta
accusative armasta ǫrmustu armasta
dative armasta ǫrmustu armasta
genitive armasta ǫrmustu armasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ǫrmustu ǫrmustu ǫrmustu
accusative ǫrmustu ǫrmustu ǫrmustu
dative ǫrmustum ǫrmustum ǫrmustum
genitive ǫrmustu ǫrmustu ǫrmustu
Derived terms
  • arma f (“pity”)
  • armingi m (“poor fellow”)
  • armligr (“pitiful, miserable”)
  • armskapaðr (“misshapen, miserable, poor”)
  • armvitki f (“compassion”)
  • armvitugr (“charitable, compassionate”)
  • armœða f (“distress, trouble”)
Descendants

Further reading

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