myrðir

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛗᚢᚱᚦᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*murþijaʀ), equivalent to myrða (“to murder”) +‎ -ir.

Noun

myrðir m (genitive myrðis)

  1. (poetic) murderer
    Synonym: morðvargr

Declension

Declension of myrðir (strong ija-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative myrðir myrðirinn myrðar myrðarnir
accusative myrði myrðinn myrða myrðana
dative myrði myrðinum myrðum myrðunum
genitive myrðis myrðisins myrða myrðanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: myrðir

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “myrðir”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
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