almr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). Cognates include Old English elm and Latin ulmus.

Noun

almr m

1. elm (tree and wood)

Declension

Declension of almr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	almr	almrinn	almar	almarnir
accusative	alm	alminn	alma	almana
dative	almi	alminum	ǫlmum	ǫlmunum
genitive	alms	almsins	alma	almanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: álmur
• Faroese: álmur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: alm; (dialectal) æłm, ålm’e, åm’e
• Norwegian Bokmål: alm
• Swedish: alm
• ⇒ Old Norse: elmi (collective)
  • Danish: elm
  • Swedish: älme (dialectal)

Further reading

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