varmr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *warmaz, whence also Old English wearm, Old Saxon warm, Old Frisian warm, Old High German warm, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (*warms). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).
Adjective
[edit]varmr (comparative varmari, superlative varmastr)
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of varmr
Weak declension of varmr
Declension of comparative of varmr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | varmari | varmari | varmara |
accusative | varmara | varmari | varmara |
dative | varmara | varmari | varmara |
genitive | varmara | varmari | varmara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | varmari | varmari | varmari |
accusative | varmari | varmari | varmari |
dative | vǫrmurum | vǫrmurum | vǫrmurum |
genitive | varmari | varmari | varmari |
Strong declension of superlative of varmr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | varmastr | vǫrmust | varmast |
accusative | varmastan | varmasta | varmast |
dative | vǫrmustum | varmastri | vǫrmustu |
genitive | varmasts | varmastrar | varmasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | varmastir | varmastar | vǫrmust |
accusative | varmasta | varmastar | vǫrmust |
dative | vǫrmustum | vǫrmustum | vǫrmustum |
genitive | varmastra | varmastra | varmastra |
Weak declension of superlative of varmr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | varmasti | varmasta | varmasta |
accusative | varmasta | vǫrmustu | varmasta |
dative | varmasta | vǫrmustu | varmasta |
genitive | varmasta | vǫrmustu | varmasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | vǫrmustu | vǫrmustu | vǫrmustu |
accusative | vǫrmustu | vǫrmustu | vǫrmustu |
dative | vǫrmustum | vǫrmustum | vǫrmustum |
genitive | vǫrmustu | vǫrmustu | vǫrmustu |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: varmur
- Faroese: varmur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: varm; (dialectal) varm’u, varm’e
- Elfdalian: warm
- Old Swedish: varmber, værmber
- Swedish: varm
- Old Danish: warm
- Old Gutnish: varmbr
- Gutnish: varmar
References
[edit]- “varmr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press