merr

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See also: marr, märr, mearh, marre, marra, marrë, and märra

Albanian

Etymology

See Albanian marr (“to take”).

Verb

merr (aorist móra, participle márrë)

  1. second-person singular active present indicative of marr ((you) take)
    Si? Ti merr drogë? ― What? You take drugs?
  2. second-person singular active present imperative of marr (Take!)
    Merri! ― Take them!
    Merre! ― Take it!
    Merr! ― Take!
  3. third-person singular active present indicative of marr ((it) takes)
    Ai merr, ajo merr ... ― He takes, she takes ...
    E merr Sandra. ― Sandra takes it.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

merr f

  1. Alternative form of mer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”).

Noun

merr f or m (definite singular merra or merren, indefinite plural merrer, definite plural merrene)

  1. mare (adult female horse)
  2. (derogatory) bitch

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”).

Noun

merr f (definite singular merra, indefinite plural merrar or merrer, definite plural merrane or merrene)

  1. mare (adult female horse)
    Synonym: hoppe
  2. (derogatory) bitch

Etymology 2

Adjective

merr (singular and plural merr)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of meir.

Adverb

merr

  1. Eye dialect spelling of meir.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”). Compare Old English mere, miere (English mare), Old Frisian merie (West Frisian merje), Dutch merrie, Old High German meriha (German Mähre).

Noun

merr f (genitive merar, dative meri, plural merar)

  1. mare (adult female horse)

Declension

  Declension of merr (strong ijō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative merr merrin merar merarnar
accusative meri merina merar merarnar
dative meri merinni merum merunum
genitive merar merarinnar mera meranna

Related terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: meri
  • Faroese: mer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: merr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: merr
  • Jamtish: már
  • Old Swedish: mær
  • Danish: mær

References

  • “merr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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