hamr

See also: HAMR

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hammer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦamr]

Noun

hamr m inan

1. (informal) hammer

   Synonym: kladivo

Declension

Declension of hamr (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	hamr	hamry
genitive	hamru	hamrů
dative	hamru	hamrům
accusative	hamr	hamry
vocative	hamre, hamře	hamry
locative	hamru	hamrech
instrumental	hamrem	hamry

Further reading

• “hamr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “hamr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hamre

Verb

hamr

1. imperative of hamre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamô.

Noun

hamr m

1. skin, slough

   hleypa hǫmum ― to cast the slough (of snakes)

2. shape, form

   skipta hǫmum ― to change one's shape

Declension

  Declension of hamr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hamr	hamrinn	hamir	hamirnir
accusative	ham	haminn	hami	hamina
dative	ham	haminum	hǫmum	hǫmunum
genitive	hams	hamsins	hama	hamanna

Related terms

• fjaðrhamr
• trollshamr
• líkami

Descendants

• Icelandic: hamur
• Faroese: hamur
• Danish: ham
• Norwegian Bokmål: ham
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ham
• Swedish: hamn

References

• “hamr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press