hǫm

See also: hom, hôm, hợm, hom., and HOM

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Compare English ham.

Noun

hǫm f (genitive hamar)

  1. the back of the thigh (on animals)

Declension

Declension of hǫm (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǫm hǫmin hamar hamarnar
accusative hǫm hǫmina hamar hamarnar
dative hǫm hǫminni hǫmum hǫmunum
genitive hamar hamarinnar hama hamanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: höm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: homme
  • Swedish: hamboge
  • Danish: hambugt
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.