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”).[1]

Adjective

mærr (comparative mærri, superlative mærstr)

  1. famous, glorious, illustrious

Declension

    Strong declension of mærr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærr mær mært
accusative mæran mæra mært
dative mærum mærri mæru
genitive mærs mærrar mærs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærir mærar mær
accusative mæra mærar mær
dative mærum mærum mærum
genitive mærra mærra mærra
    Weak declension of mærr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mæri mæra mæra
accusative mæra mæru mæra
dative mæra mæru mæra
genitive mæra mæru mæra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mæru mæru mæru
accusative mæru mæru mæru
dative mærum mærum mærum
genitive mæru mæru mæru
    Declension of comparative of mærr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærri mærri mærra
accusative mærra mærri mærra
dative mærra mærri mærra
genitive mærra mærri mærra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærri mærri mærri
accusative mærri mærri mærri
dative mærrum mærrum mærrum
genitive mærri mærri mærri
    Strong declension of superlative of mærr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærstr mærst mærst
accusative mærstan mærsta mærst
dative mærstum mærstri mærstu
genitive mærsts mærstrar mærsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærstir mærstar mærst
accusative mærsta mærstar mærst
dative mærstum mærstum mærstum
genitive mærstra mærstra mærstra
    Weak declension of superlative of mærr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærsti mærsta mærsta
accusative mærsta mærstu mærsta
dative mærsta mærstu mærsta
genitive mærsta mærstu mærsta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mærstu mærstu mærstu
accusative mærstu mærstu mærstu
dative mærstum mærstum mærstum
genitive mærstu mærstu mærstu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mær (obsolete)
  • 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
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