Contionary:hàmarr

Scots Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. Cognate to Icelandic hamar, Faroese hamar, Swedish hammare, Danish hammer.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈho.mərʲ/

Noun

hàmarr m (genitive hàmars, plural hamrar or hanrar or hàmarar)

1. stone
2. a steep cliff, crag; a rock face
3. hammer (tool)
4. (obsolete) porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

   Synonym: (modern) hamrahákalle

Declension

Inflection of hàmarr (masculine a-stem)

	indefinite			definite
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nom/acc	àmar	àmararr		hi àmar	hìnarr àmararr
dative	àmarᶫ	omruᶰ		hìnu àmarᶫ	hìnu omruᶰ
genitive	àmarᶫ	àmarᶫ		hin {{{1l}}}ᶫ	hinn {{{1l}}}ᶫ

ᶰ: triggers nasal mutation
ᶫ: triggers lenition

Due to many sound changes, "hamare" is quite irregular, this following table is more colloquial spellings that better show pronunciation.

Inflection of hàmarr (masculine a-stem)

	indefinite			definite
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nom/acc	àmar	àmararr		hi àmar	hìnarr àmararr
dative	àmarᶫ	onruᶰ		hìnu àmarᶫ	hìnu onruᶰ
genitive	àmarᶫ	àmarᶫ		hin {{{1l}}}ᶫ	hinn {{{1l}}}ᶫ

ᶰ: triggers nasal mutation
ᶫ: triggers lenition

And an uncontracted form (which is regular):

Inflection of hàmarr (masculine a-stem)

	indefinite			definite
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nom/acc	àmar	àmararr		hi àmar	hìnarr àmararr
dative	àmarᶫ	òmaruᶰ		hìnu àmarᶫ	hìnu òmaruᶰ
genitive	àmarᶫ	àmarᶫ		hin {{{1l}}}ᶫ	hinn {{{1l}}}ᶫ

ᶰ: triggers nasal mutation
ᶫ: triggers lenition

Mutation

Mutated forms of hàmarr

radical	voiced	nasal	aspirate
hàmarr	ghàmarr	nhàmarr	'àmarr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scots Norse.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.