varmr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmaz, whence also Old English wearm, Old Saxon warm, Old Frisian warm, Old High German warm, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (*warms). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

Adjective

varmr (comparative varmari, superlative varmastr)

  1. warm

Descendants

  • Icelandic: varmur
  • Faroese: varmur
  • Norwegian: varm
  • Old Swedish: varmber, værmber
  • Old Danish: warm
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  • Scanian: værmer
  • Elfdalian: warm

References

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