eimr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• eimi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aimaz.

Noun

eimr m (genitive eims, plural eimar)

1. reek, vapor

   Synonyms: gufa, *staumr

2. smoke (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonym: reykr

3. fire (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonyms: eldr, fúrr, funi, yrja

Declension

Declension of eimr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eimr	eimrinn	eimar	eimarnir
accusative	eim	eiminn	eima	eimana
dative	eimi	eiminum	eimum	eimunum
genitive	eims	eimsins	eima	eimanna

Related terms

• eimyrja
• ím

Descendants

• Danish: em
• Faroese: eimur
• Icelandic: eimur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eim
• Old Swedish: ember
  • Swedish: em, im
    • ⇒ Swedish: imma f (“steam, vapour”)
    • ⇒ Swedish: imma (“to give off steam, to fog”)
• ⇒ Danish: (Bornholm) ima (“steam”) (unclear etymology but equvelant to Swedish imma)
• ⇒ Norwegian: (dialectal) ima (“steam”) (unclear etymology but equvelant to Swedish imma)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eimr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 106; also available at the Internet Archive