baðmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bagmaz.

Noun

baðmr m (genitive baðms, plural baðmar)

1. (poetic, rare) tree
   • Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:

     Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill
     hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […]

     I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill
     a high tree, washed / with white mud; […]

Declension

  Declension of baðmr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	baðmr	baðmrinn	baðmar	baðmarnir
accusative	baðm	baðminn	baðma	baðmana
dative	baðmi	baðminum	bǫðmum	bǫðmunum
genitive	baðms	baðmsins	baðma	baðmanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: baðmur
• Old Swedish: bagn