skammr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skammaz.

Adjective

skammr (comparative skemmri, superlative skemstr)

1. short

   fyr skǫmmu

   a short time ago

   hvern létu þeir hǫfði skemmra

   they decapitated each one

   (literally, “they let each one become shorter by a head”)

Declension

    Strong declension of skammr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skammr	skǫmm	skamt
accusative	skamman	skamma	skamt
dative	skǫmmum	skammri	skǫmmu
genitive	skamms	skammrar	skamms
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skammir	skammar	skǫmm
accusative	skamma	skammar	skǫmm
dative	skǫmmum	skǫmmum	skǫmmum
genitive	skammra	skammra	skammra

    Weak declension of skammr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skammi	skamma	skamma
accusative	skamma	skǫmmu	skamma
dative	skamma	skǫmmu	skamma
genitive	skamma	skǫmmu	skamma
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skǫmmu	skǫmmu	skǫmmu
accusative	skǫmmu	skǫmmu	skǫmmu
dative	skǫmmum	skǫmmum	skǫmmum
genitive	skǫmmu	skǫmmu	skǫmmu

    Declension of comparative of skammr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skemmri	skemmri	skemmra
accusative	skemmra	skemmri	skemmra
dative	skemmra	skemmri	skemmra
genitive	skemmra	skemmri	skemmra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skemmri	skemmri	skemmri
accusative	skemmri	skemmri	skemmri
dative	skemmrum	skemmrum	skemmrum
genitive	skemmri	skemmri	skemmri

    Strong declension of superlative of skammr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skammastr	skǫmmust	skammast
accusative	skammastan	skammasta	skammast
dative	skǫmmustum	skammastri	skǫmmustu
genitive	skammasts	skammastrar	skammasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skammastir	skammastar	skǫmmust
accusative	skammasta	skammastar	skǫmmust
dative	skǫmmustum	skǫmmustum	skǫmmustum
genitive	skammastra	skammastra	skammastra

    Weak declension of superlative of skammr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skammasti	skammasta	skammasta
accusative	skammasta	skǫmmustu	skammasta
dative	skammasta	skǫmmustu	skammasta
genitive	skammasta	skǫmmustu	skammasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skǫmmustu	skǫmmustu	skǫmmustu
accusative	skǫmmustu	skǫmmustu	skǫmmustu
dative	skǫmmustum	skǫmmustum	skǫmmustum
genitive	skǫmmustu	skǫmmustu	skǫmmustu

Related terms

• skemma
• skemmr

Descendants

• Icelandic: skammur

References

• “skammr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press