hamr

See also: HAMR

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hammer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦamr]

Noun

hamr m inan

  1. (informal) hammer
    Synonym: kladivo

Declension

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

hamr

  1. imperative of hamre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamô (shroud, covering).

Noun

hamr m

  1. shroud, covering
  2. skin, slough
    hleypa hǫmumto cast the slough (of snakes)
  3. shape, form
    skipta hǫmumto change one's shape

Declension

Declension of hamr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hamr hamrinn hamir hamirnir
accusative ham haminn hami hamina
dative ham haminum hǫmum hǫmunum
genitive hams hamsins hama hamanna

Descendants

  • Danish: ham
  • Faroese: hamur
  • Icelandic: hamur, hǫfn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ham
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ham
  • Old Swedish: hamber, hampn

Further reading

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