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hams

1. plural ofham
2. (exercise, slang) Thehamstringmuscles; thebiceps femoris
   • 2010, Adam Garett, “Fried Hams”, inReps!,17:23:

     Powerful hip extension is essential if you hope to squat heavier, jump higher or run faster, making it essential to train thehams using focused hip-extension exercises (like the romanian deadlift).

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hams c

1. indefinitegenitivesingular ofham

hams m (genitive singularhams,nominative pluralhamsar)

1. (rare)skin
2. (rare, except in phrases)mood

   að vera heitt í hamstri ―to be angry about something

3. brown bits left over after animal fat has been melted
   1. hamsatólg

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “hams”, inBeygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

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hams m (definite singularhamsen,indefinite pluralhamsar,definite pluralhamsane)

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• “hams” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “hams”, inNorsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “hams” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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hams m (genitivehams)

1. snakeskin
2. husk

• Icelandic:hams
• Norwegian Nynorsk:hams
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• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hams”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

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