famn.
the space between someone's outstretched or embracing arms and their upper body (often with connotations of warmth and togetherness); arms, embrace
Meaning & usage
the space between someone's outstretched or embracing arms and their upper body (often with connotations of warmth and togetherness); arms, embrace
Han har barnet i famnen
Han tog henne i famnen
fathom (as a measure of length)
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish famn (fampn, fambn, fagm, fagn, faghn, faam), from Old East Norse *famna-, *faþmna- (compare Danish favn), derivatives of Old Norse faðmr, from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pat-, *pet-.
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