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lam

Pronunciation: /lamː/

“lam” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 13 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. paralysed, paralyzed; lacking movement, strength, or sensation in all or part of the body
  2. temporarily unable to move, act, or react, especially because of fear, grief, or shock; numb, powerless, immobile
  3. weak, feeble, listless, dull, or ineffective
  4. stupid, idiotic, lame

noun

  1. a lamb; a young sheep, especially one less than a year old
  2. a symbol of gentleness, innocence, or harmlessness
  3. a young roe deer; a roe-deer fawn
  4. lamb; the meat of a lamb
  5. Jesus Christ as the silent and patiently suffering sacrificial lamb
  6. Jesus Christ as the victorious judge and ruler represented by the Lamb in the Book of Revelation
  7. an innocent person, especially a child, who suffers or is sacrificed
  8. a Christian believer in relation to Christ as the shepherd
  9. (Solør) a hinge with a long, flat metal strap or plate fastened across part of a door

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse lami (“lame, crippled”), from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame, weak, defective”). The modern strong form was probably reinforced by Danish lam (“lame, paralysed”), from Old Danish lam. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk lam, Swedish lam, Danish lam, Icelandic lami, Faroese lamin, English lame, Dutch lam and German lahm (“lame, paralysed”).

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