varmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmaz, whence also Old English wearm, Old Saxon warm, Old Frisian warm, Old High German warm, Gothic *š…šŒ°š‚šŒ¼šƒ (*warms). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gŹ·Ź°er- (ā€œwarm, hotā€) or alternatively *wer- (ā€œto burnā€).

Adjective

varmr (comparative varmari, superlative varmastr)

  1. warm

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: varmur
  • Faroese: varmur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varm; (dialectal) varmā€™u, varmā€™e
  • Elfdalian: warm
  • Old Swedish: varmber, vƦrmber
  • Old Danish: warm
    • Danish: varm
      • Norwegian BokmĆ„l: varm
    • Scanian: vƦrmer
  • Old Gutnish: varmbr
    • Gutnish: varmar

References

  • ā€œvarmrā€, in Geir T. ZoĆ«ga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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