hamarr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Compare Old English hamor (English hammer), Old Frisian hamar (West Frisian hammer), Old Saxon hamar (Low German Hamer), Old High German hamar (German Hammer). === Noun === hamarr m (genitive hamars, plural hamrar) stone a steep cliff, crag, a rock face hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding) porbeagle (Lamna nasus) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hamar Faroese: hamar, hamari Norwegian Nynorsk: hamar, hammar → Norwegian Bokmål: hammar Elfdalian: åmår Old Swedish: hamar Swedish: hammare, hammar Old Danish: hamær, hambær Danish: hammer Norwegian Bokmål: hammer === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hamarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive === Anagrams === harmar