dimmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure”).
Compare English dim.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈdĩmːr̩/

Adjective

dimmr

1. dim, gloomy

Declension

Strong declension of dimmr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmr	dimm	dimmt
accusative	dimman	dimma	dimmt
dative	dimmum	dimmri	dimmu
genitive	dimms	dimmrar	dimms
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmir	dimmar	dimm
accusative	dimma	dimmar	dimm
dative	dimmum	dimmum	dimmum
genitive	dimmra	dimmra	dimmra

Weak declension of dimmr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmi	dimma	dimma
accusative	dimma	dimmu	dimma
dative	dimma	dimmu	dimma
genitive	dimma	dimmu	dimma
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmu	dimmu	dimmu
accusative	dimmu	dimmu	dimmu
dative	dimmum	dimmum	dimmum
genitive	dimmu	dimmu	dimmu

Declension of comparative of dimmr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmari	dimmari	dimmara
accusative	dimmara	dimmari	dimmara
dative	dimmara	dimmari	dimmara
genitive	dimmara	dimmari	dimmara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmari	dimmari	dimmari
accusative	dimmari	dimmari	dimmari
dative	dimmurum	dimmurum	dimmurum
genitive	dimmari	dimmari	dimmari

Strong declension of superlative of dimmr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmastr	dimmust	dimmast
accusative	dimmastan	dimmasta	dimmast
dative	dimmustum	dimmastri	dimmustu
genitive	dimmasts	dimmastrar	dimmasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmastir	dimmastar	dimmust
accusative	dimmasta	dimmastar	dimmust
dative	dimmustum	dimmustum	dimmustum
genitive	dimmastra	dimmastra	dimmastra

Weak declension of superlative of dimmr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmasti	dimmasta	dimmasta
accusative	dimmasta	dimmustu	dimmasta
dative	dimmasta	dimmustu	dimmasta
genitive	dimmasta	dimmustu	dimmasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dimmustu	dimmustu	dimmustu
accusative	dimmustu	dimmustu	dimmustu
dative	dimmustum	dimmustum	dimmustum
genitive	dimmustu	dimmustu	dimmustu

Related terms

• dimma

Descendants

• Icelandic: dimmur
• Faroese: dimmur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dim
• Norwegian Bokmål: dim

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dimmr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 88; also available at the Internet Archive