hvarmur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvarmʏr/
• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷarmʏr/

  Rhymes: -armʏr

Noun

hvarmur m (genitive singular hvarms, nominative plural hvarmar)

1. (anatomy) an eyelid, a blepharon; palpebra

   Synonyms: augnlok, brá

   Henni hrundu tár af hvarmi.

   Tears fell from her eyelid.

   Votur um augu og hvarma.

   Wet around the eyes and eyelids.

   [compare voteygður]

   Að strjúka hvarmana.

   To wipe one's eyelids.

Declension

Declension of hvarmur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvarmur	hvarmurinn	hvarmar	hvarmarnir
accusative	hvarm	hvarminn	hvarma	hvarmana
dative	hvarmi	hvarminum	hvörmum	hvörmunum
genitive	hvarms	hvarmsins	hvarma	hvarmanna

Derived terms

Derived terms from hvarmur (“eyelid”)

• hnitvellir hvarma (“eyes”) (poetic)
• hvarm- (“blephar-, blepharo-, blepharal”) (synonym augnloks-)
• hvarma- (“blephar-, blepharo-, blepharal”) (synonym augnlok-)
• hvarmafelling (“palpebral fold”)
• hvarmafellingar (“plicae palpebrales”) (synonym augnlokafellingar)
• hvarmahreisturþroti (“squamous blepharitis, blepharitis squamosa”)
• hvarmakirtilsknappar (“gemmae glandulae palpebrales”)
• hvarmakirtlabólga (“blepharadenitis, blepharoadenitis”)
• hvarmakrampi (“blepharospasm”) (synonym augnlokakrampi)
• hvarmaleysi (“ablephary, ablepharon, ablepharia”) (synonym augnalokaleysi)
• hvarmalopi (“blepharedema”)
• hvarmalús (“pediculosis palpebrarum”)
• hvarma- og tárubólga (“blepharoconjunctivitis”)
• hvarmarifa (“rima palpebrarum”)
• hvarmarifa (“blepharodiastasis”)
• hvarmasærisbólga (“ulcerative blepharitis, blepharitis ulcerosa”)
• hvarmasamloðun (“symblepharosis”)
• hvarmasamloðun, hvarmafjötrun (“ankyloblepharon, blepharosynechia, ankyloblepharia”)
• hvarmasaumur (“blepharorrhaphy”)
• hvarmasortuflasa (“blepharomelasma”)
• hvarmaþroti (“blepharitis, palpebritis”)
• hvarmsauki (“blepharoncus”)
• hvarms- og glærulímingur (“corneoblepharon”)
• hvarmsþykknun (“blepharpachynsis”)
• krampatitringur hvarma (“cillosis”)
• langvinn hvarmabólga (“granulated lids”)
• samloðunarhvarmabólga (“simple blepharitis, blepharitis simplex”)
• tengifasi hvarma (“phasis conjunctionis palpebrarum”)

See also

• píra

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hvarmur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “hvarmur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “hvarmur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)