ramm-

See also: ramm and Ramm

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rammr (“powerful, strong of body, mighty of capability; bitter of taste”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong, overbearing”). Sometimes spelled ramr, as in hamramr.

Prefix

ramm-

1. an emphatic prefix meaning extremely or strongly
   • aukinn → rammaukinn
   • efldur → rammefldur
   • dýr → ramdýr
   • íslenskur → rammíslenskur
   • pólitískur → rammpólitískur
   • skakkur → rammskakkur

Usage notes

• Sometimes spelled ram-.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ramdýr
• rammaukinn
• rammbyggilegur
• rammefldur
• rammgerður/rammger
• rammgjörður/rammgjör
• rammlegur
• rammriðinn

  rammriðinn stóði Rökkva (“someone used to ships”)

• rammskakkur
• rammvirkur/rammyrkur

See also

• rammur/ramur