löm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lom"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lǫm, from Proto-Germanic *lamō. Cognate with Norwegian lam (“doorhinge”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lœːm/
  • Rhymes: -œːm

Noun

löm f (genitive singular lamar, nominative plural lamir)

  1. (usually in the plural) hinge

Declension
declension of löm
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative löm lömin lamir lamirnar
accusative löm lömina lamir lamirnar
dative löm löminni lömum lömunum
genitive lamar lamarinnar lama lamanna

Synonyms

References
  1. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 595. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
  2. de Vries, Jan (1977) “lǫm”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 374
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