maurr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mauraz, *meurǭ, *miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís.

Noun

maurr m (genitive maurs, plural maurar)

  1. ant

Declension

Declension of maurr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative maurr maurrinn maurar maurarnir
accusative maur maurinn maura maurana
dative mauri maurinum maurum maurunum
genitive maurs maursins maura mauranna

Descendants

  • Danish: myre c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: myre m (riksmål)
  • Faroese: meyra f
  • Icelandic: maur m
  • Jamtish: mour
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: maur m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: maur m
  • Old Swedish: mȳra m, *mør (in mørastakker)
  • Westrobothnian: möur
  • → Middle English: mowre

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “maurr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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