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hamer

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hamer, homer, hamor, es; m.
A hammer
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  • Hamor

    porticulus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 104; Som. 78, 13; Wrt. Voc. 56, 59.
  • Cf. porticulus a maylat, 275, 1. 'Porticulus, malleus in manu portatus quo signum detur remigantibus,' Du Cange. Heoru hamere geþuren

    the sword forged by the hammer,

      Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285.
  • Carcernes dura hamera geweorc

    the doors of the prison, the work of hammers,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2155; An. 1079.
  • Homra,

      Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 25; Jul. 237.
  • Homera láfe

    with the sword,

    102 b;
      Th. 388,14; Rä. 6, 7: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 6.
Etymology
[O. Sax. hamur: Icel. hamarr: O. H. Ger. hamar: Ger. hammer.]
Derived forms
DER. scip-hamor.
Similar entries
v. Grmm. D. M. 165.
Linked entries
v.  scip-hamer homer hamele.
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