hlemmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlammiz.

Noun

hlemmr m (genitive hlemms, plural hlemmar)

1. trapdoor

Declension

Declension of hlemmr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hlemmr	hlemmrinn	hlemmar	hlemmarnir
accusative	hlemm	hlemminn	hlemma	hlemmana
dative	hlemmi	hlemminum	hlemmum	hlemmunum
genitive	hlemms	hlemmsins	hlemma	hlemmanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlemmur
• Faroese: lemmur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lem
• Norwegian Bokmål: lem
• Swedish: läm
• Danish: lem

Further reading

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