almr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). Cognates include Old English elm and Latin ulmus.

Noun[edit]

almr m

  1. elm (tree and wood)

Declension[edit]

  Declension of almr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative almr almrinn almar almarnir
accusative alm alminn alma almana
dative almi alminum ǫlmum ǫlmunum
genitive alms almsins alma almanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: álmur
  • Faroese: álmur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: alm; (dialectal) æłm, ålm’e, åm’e
  • Norwegian Bokmål: alm
  • Swedish: alm
  • ⇒ Old Norse: elmi (collective)

References[edit]

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