myre

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse maurr from Proto-Indo-European *morwi (“ant”), cognate with Icelandic maur. Compare Dutch mier, Serbo-Croatian мрав.

Pronunciation

Noun

myre c (singular definite myren, plural indefinite myrer)

  1. ant

Inflection

Declension of myre
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative myre myren myrer myrerne
genitive myres myrens myrers myrernes

Verb

myre (imperative myr, infinitive at myre, present tense myrer, past tense myrede, perfect tense har myret)

  1. swarm

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mýrr.

Noun

myre

  1. Alternative form of mire (“mire”)

Etymology 2

From Old English *mīere.

Noun

myre

  1. Alternative form of mire (“ant”)

Etymology 3

From mire (“mire”, noun).

Verb

myre

  1. Alternative form of myren

Etymology 4

From Old English myrre.

Noun

myre

  1. Alternative form of mirre
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