malmr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *malmaz. Cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰 (malma, sand), English malm. Also cognate to German Mulm and Dutch molm which are derived from Proto-Germanic *mulmaz, which has zero-grade ablaut.

Noun

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malmr m

  1. ore, metal
  2. (poetic, heiti) sword
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non:sverð

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: málmur
  • Faroese: málmur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: malm; (dialectal) målm’e, målm, mæłm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: malm
  • Swedish: malm
  • Danish: malm