hrammr

Old Norse

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely from Proto-Germanic *hrammaz (“bent, curved”), related to Old English hramma (“cramp, spasm”).

Noun

hrammr m (genitive hramms, plural hrammar)

1. a bear's paw
2. a claw

Declension

  Declension of hrammr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hrammr	hrammrinn	hrammar	hrammarnir
accusative	hramm	hramminn	hramma	hrammana
dative	hrammi	hramminum	hrǫmmum	hrǫmmunum
genitive	hramms	hrammsins	hramma	hrammanna

Descendants

• Old Swedish: ramber
  • Swedish: ram

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hrammr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive