hamarr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Compare Old English hamor (English hammer), Old Frisian hamar (West Frisian hammer), Old Saxon hamar (Low German Hamer), Old High German hamar (German Hammer).

Noun

hamarr m (genitive hamars, plural hamrar)

1. stone
2. a steep cliff, crag, a rock face
3. hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
4. porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

Declension

Declension of hamarr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hamarr	hamarrinn	hamrar	hamrarnir
accusative	hamar	hamarinn	hamra	hamrana
dative	hamri	hamrinum	hǫmrum	hǫmrunum
genitive	hamars	hamarsins	hamra	hamranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hamar
• Faroese: hamar, hamari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hamar, hammar
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: hammar
• Elfdalian: åmår
• Old Swedish: hamar
  • Swedish: hammare, hammar
• Old Danish: hamær, hambær
  • Danish: hammer
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hammer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• harmar