Hamarr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hamarrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hamarr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hamarr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hamarr
- (gen. -s, dat. hamri, pl. hamrar), m.
- hamarr
- 1) hammer; hann gerði hamar yfir, he made the sign of the hammer over it;
- hamarr
- 2) back of an axe;
- hamarr
- 3) crag, precipice (þar stendr ~ mikill fyrir þeim); þrítugur ~, a crag thirty fathoms high.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛘᛅᚱᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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