Old English · noun
hamor
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxɑ.mor/[ˈhɑ.mor]
- Syllables
- ˈxɑ · mor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- hammer
Meaning
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hammer
Mīn hēafod is homere ġeþuren, searopīla wund, sworfen fēole.
My head is wrought by a hammer, wounded by war-spikes, filed by a file.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 91:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Cognate with Old Frisian hamar (West Frisian hammer), Old Saxon hamar (Low German Hamer), Dutch hamer, Old High German hamar (German Hammer), Old Norse hamarr (Danish hammer, Swedish hammare).
Descendants
hammer
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