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N (masc, a-stem)

hammer

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/homer#Old_English
Variation of: hamor "hammer"
Inflected forms
homera "hammer.gen.pl" (oe-gen-pl)
Paradigms

hamor

N (masc, a-stem)

hammer

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 5 (homera)

originates from: PGmc *hamara- "hammer" (hamara- > hamar > hąmar > hąmær > hamær > hamer) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:206)
Variations
homer "hammer"
Paradigms