mærr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (māriz) (attested in ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (wajemariʀ /⁠wajēmāriz⁠/, ill-famous, of poor repute)), from earlier Proto-Germanic *mērijaz (famous). Cognate with Old English mǣre, Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, the second part of Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wailamēreis, laudable).

Adjective

mærr (comparative mærri, superlative mærstr)

  1. famous, glorious, illustrious

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mær
  • Old Swedish: mǣr

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Märchen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN