varmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmaz, whence also Old English wearm, Old Saxon warm, Old Frisian warm, Old High German warm. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

Adjective

varmr (comparative varmari, superlative varmastr)

1. warm

Declension

    Strong declension of varmr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varmr	vǫrm	varmt
accusative	varman	varma	varmt
dative	vǫrmum	varmri	vǫrmu
genitive	varms	varmrar	varms
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varmir	varmar	vǫrm
accusative	varma	varmar	vǫrm
dative	vǫrmum	vǫrmum	vǫrmum
genitive	varmra	varmra	varmra

    Weak declension of varmr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varmi	varma	varma
accusative	varma	vǫrmu	varma
dative	varma	vǫrmu	varma
genitive	varma	vǫrmu	varma
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vǫrmu	vǫrmu	vǫrmu
accusative	vǫrmu	vǫrmu	vǫrmu
dative	vǫrmum	vǫrmum	vǫrmum
genitive	vǫrmu	vǫrmu	vǫrmu

    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

• Icelandic: varmur
• Faroese: varmur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: varm; (dialectal) varm’u, varm’e
• Elfdalian: warm
• Old Swedish: varmber, værmber
  • Swedish: varm
• Old Danish: warm
  • Danish: varm
    • Norwegian Bokmål: varm
  • Scanian: værmer
• Old Gutnish: varmbr
  • Gutnish: varmar

Further reading

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