mære c
From Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Cognate with Middle Dutch mēre, Old Norse landamæri (“border-marks between lands”).
mǣre n
From Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“famous”).
Cognate with Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, Old Norse mærr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros) (in ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”)), Old Irish már (Scottish Gaelic mòr, compare English claymore), Welsh mawr (“big”).
Germanic mār-, mǣr- is also used in Germanic given names, such as Swedish Ingemar, English Aylmer, Italian Ademaro, German Dietmar, French Omer etc. Its Indo-European ancestor is conserved in Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ), as in the Russian given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), and in Gaulish given names as Segomārus and Viridomārus.mǣre (comparative mǣrra, superlative mǣrost or mǣrest)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mǣre | mǣru, mǣro | mǣre |
| Accusative | mǣrne | mǣre | mǣre |
| Genitive | mǣres | mǣrre | mǣres |
| Dative | mǣrum | mǣrre | mǣrum |
| Instrumental | mǣre | mǣrre | mǣre |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | mǣre | mǣra, mǣre | mǣru, mǣro |
| Accusative | mǣre | mǣra, mǣre | mǣru, mǣro |
| Genitive | mǣrra | mǣrra | mǣrra |
| Dative | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |
| Instrumental | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |