stormr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, whence also Old English storm, Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Noun[edit]

stormr m

  1. storm

Declension[edit]

  Declension of stormr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stormr stormrinn stormar stormarnir
accusative storm storminn storma stormana
dative stormi storminum stormum stormunum
genitive storms stormsins storma stormanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: stormur
  • Faroese: stormur
  • Norwegian: storm (Bokmål), storm (Nynorsk)
  • Old Swedish: stormber
  • Danish: storm

References[edit]

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