Hamr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hamr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hamr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hamr Old Icelandic word can mean:

hamr
(-s, -ir), m.
hamr
1) skin, slough; hleypa hömum, to cast the slough (of snakes);
hamr
2) shape, form; skipta hömum, to change one’s shape.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛘᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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