hvammr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwammaz. Cognate with Old English hwamm (“angle, corner”).

Noun

hvammr m (genitive hvamms, plural hvammar)

  1. grassy hollow, little vale

Declension

Declension of hvammr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hvammr hvammrinn hvammar hvammarnir
accusative hvamm hvamminn hvamma hvammana
dative hvammi hvamminum hvǫmmum hvǫmmunum
genitive hvamms hvammsins hvamma hvammanna

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvam, hom

Further reading

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