humarr

Old Norse

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly cognate with Latin cammarus (“lobster”).

Noun

humarr m (genitive humars, plural humarar)

1. lobster

Declension

  Declension of humarr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	humarr	humarrinn	humrar	humrarnir
accusative	humar	humarinn	humra	humrana
dative	humri	humrinum	humrum	humrunum
genitive	humars	humarsins	humra	humranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: humar
• Faroese: hummari
• Norwegian (Bokmål): hummer
• Norwegian (Nynorsk): hummar
• Swedish: hummer
• Danish: hummer
• German Low German: Hummer
  • German: Hummer
• Low Saxon: hummer
  • Dutch: hommer
  • French: homard
    • Bulgarian: омар (omar)
    • Hungarian: homár
    • Russian: ома́р (omár)
    • Slovak: homár

References

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