armr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *armaz, whence also Old English arm, Old High German arm.

Noun

armr m

2. arm
3. the wing of a body

Declension

Declension of armr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	armr	armrinn	armar	armarnir
accusative	arm	arminn	arma	armana
dative	armi	arminum	ǫrmum	ǫrmunum
genitive	arms	armsins	arma	armanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: armur
• Faroese: armur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arm; (dialectal) arm’e
• Old Swedish: armber
  • Swedish: arm
• Old Danish: arm
  • Danish: arm
    • Norwegian Bokmål: arm
• Gutnish: arm, harm

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *armaz.

Adjective

armr (comparative armari, superlative armastr)

2. poor, unhappy
3. wretched, wicked

   hin arma kerling

   the wicked old woman

Declension

Strong declension of armr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armr	ǫrm	armt
accusative	arman	arma	armt
dative	ǫrmum	armri	ǫrmu
genitive	arms	armrar	arms
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armir	armar	ǫrm
accusative	arma	armar	ǫrm
dative	ǫrmum	ǫrmum	ǫrmum
genitive	armra	armra	armra

Weak declension of armr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armi	arma	arma
accusative	arma	ǫrmu	arma
dative	arma	ǫrmu	arma
genitive	arma	ǫrmu	arma
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫrmu	ǫrmu	ǫrmu
accusative	ǫrmu	ǫrmu	ǫrmu
dative	ǫrmum	ǫrmum	ǫrmum
genitive	ǫrmu	ǫrmu	ǫrmu

Declension of comparative of armr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armari	armari	armara
accusative	armara	armari	armara
dative	armara	armari	armara
genitive	armara	armari	armara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armari	armari	armari
accusative	armari	armari	armari
dative	ǫrmurum	ǫrmurum	ǫrmurum
genitive	armari	armari	armari

Strong declension of superlative of armr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armastr	ǫrmust	armast
accusative	armastan	armasta	armast
dative	ǫrmustum	armastri	ǫrmustu
genitive	armasts	armastrar	armasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armastir	armastar	ǫrmust
accusative	armasta	armastar	ǫrmust
dative	ǫrmustum	ǫrmustum	ǫrmustum
genitive	armastra	armastra	armastra

Weak declension of superlative of armr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armasti	armasta	armasta
accusative	armasta	ǫrmustu	armasta
dative	armasta	ǫrmustu	armasta
genitive	armasta	ǫrmustu	armasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫrmustu	ǫrmustu	ǫrmustu
accusative	ǫrmustu	ǫrmustu	ǫrmustu
dative	ǫrmustum	ǫrmustum	ǫrmustum
genitive	ǫrmustu	ǫrmustu	ǫrmustu

Derived terms

• arma f (“pity”)
• armingi m (“poor fellow”)
• armligr (“pitiful, miserable”)
• armskapaðr (“misshapen, miserable, poor”)
• armvitki f (“compassion”)
• armvitugr (“charitable, compassionate”)
• armœða f (“distress, trouble”)

Descendants

• Danish: arm
• Faroese: armur
• Icelandic: armur
• Norwegian Bokmål: arm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arm
• Swedish: arm

Further reading

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