ámr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēmaz or similar; cognate with Old English ōm (“rust”), ōme (“rash”) and dialectal German Ahm, Ohm (“erysipelas; a type of liquor (kornbrand)”), and so equivalent to áma (“erysipelas”) +‎ -r. See Proto-Germanic *ēmǭ. Further origin uncertain: possibly from the root of aska (“ash”) (see Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn, dry”)) with a different suffix, but this is considered doubtful. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ámr

1. dark
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) dark red, rust-colored

Declension

    Strong declension of ámr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámr	ám	ámt
accusative	áman	áma	ámt
dative	ámum	ámri	ámu
genitive	áms	ámrar	áms
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámir	ámar	ám
accusative	áma	ámar	ám
dative	ámum	ámum	ámum
genitive	ámra	ámra	ámra

    Weak declension of ámr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámi	áma	áma
accusative	áma	ámu	áma
dative	áma	ámu	áma
genitive	áma	ámu	áma
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámu	ámu	ámu
accusative	ámu	ámu	ámu
dative	ámum	ámum	ámum
genitive	ámu	ámu	ámu

    Declension of comparative of ámr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámari	ámari	ámara
accusative	ámara	ámari	ámara
dative	ámara	ámari	ámara
genitive	ámara	ámari	ámara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámari	ámari	ámari
accusative	ámari	ámari	ámari
dative	ámurum	ámurum	ámurum
genitive	ámari	ámari	ámari

    Strong declension of superlative of ámr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámastr	ámust	ámast
accusative	ámastan	ámasta	ámast
dative	ámustum	ámastri	ámustu
genitive	ámasts	ámastrar	ámasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámastir	ámastar	ámust
accusative	ámasta	ámastar	ámust
dative	ámustum	ámustum	ámustum
genitive	ámastra	ámastra	ámastra

    Weak declension of superlative of ámr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámasti	ámasta	ámasta
accusative	ámasta	ámustu	ámasta
dative	ámasta	ámustu	ámasta
genitive	ámasta	ámustu	ámasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ámustu	ámustu	ámustu
accusative	ámustu	ámustu	ámustu
dative	ámustum	ámustum	ámustum
genitive	ámustu	ámustu	ámustu

Related terms

• áma
• ámusótt

Derived terms

• Ámr (given name)

Descendants

• Icelandic: ámur

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• “ámr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen