faðmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, whence also Old English fæþm and Old High German fadum.

Noun

faðmr m

Descendants

Icelandic: faðmur
Faroese: favnur
Norwegian Nynorsk: famn; (dialectal) fabn, fabm
Elfdalian: farm, fammen
Old Swedish: famn, faghn
- Swedish: famn, fagn
Old Danish: fafn, fathm
- Danish: favn, farm, fadm
  - Norwegian Bokmål: favn
Scanian: fağn
Gutnish: famn

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