mær

See also: maer, Appendix:Variations of "mar", and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse merr (“mare, female horse”), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō, cognate with English mare, German Mähre. Derived from *marhaz (“male horse”), which is preserved in the word marshall, Danish marskal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛːˀr/, [ˈmɛˀɐ̯], [ˈmæɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

mær c (singular definite mæren, plural indefinite mære)

  1. bitch (a spiteful woman)
  2. tart (a woman with loose sexual morals)
  3. (archaic) old mare

Declension
Declension of mær
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mær mæren mære mærene
genitive mærs mærens mæres mærenes

Synonyms

References

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛaːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
  • Homophone: mar

Pronoun

mær sg

  1. me, dative singular of eg (I)

Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mær, from Proto-Germanic *mawī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maiːr/
  • Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

mær f (genitive singular meyjar, nominative plural meyjar)

  1. maiden

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mawī (“girl”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹 (mawi).

Alternative forms

Noun

mær f (genitive meyjar, dative meyju, plural meyjar)

  1. maid, girl, virgin
  2. (poetic) daughter
Declension
  Declension of mær (strong jō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mær, mey mærin, meyin meyjar meyjarnar
accusative mey meyna meyjar meyjarnar
dative mey, meyju meynni, meyjunni meyjum meyjunum
genitive meyjar meyjarinnar meyja meyjanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: mær, mey, meyja
  • Faroese: moy, moyggj
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: møy
  • Swedish: mö
  • Danish: mø

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mær

  1. Alternative form of mjór
Declension
    Strong declension of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mær mæ mætt
accusative mævan mæva mætt
dative mævum mærri mævu
genitive mæs mærrar mæs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævir mævar mæ
accusative mæva mævar mæ
dative mævum mævum mævum
genitive mærra mærra mærra
    Weak declension of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævi mæva mæva
accusative mæva mævu mæva
dative mæva mævu mæva
genitive mæva mævu mæva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævu mævu mævu
accusative mævu mævu mævu
dative mævum mævum mævum
genitive mævu mævu mævu
    Declension of comparative of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævari mævari mævara
accusative mævara mævari mævara
dative mævara mævari mævara
genitive mævara mævari mævara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævari mævari mævari
accusative mævari mævari mævari
dative mævurum mævurum mævurum
genitive mævari mævari mævari
    Strong declension of superlative of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævastr mævust mævast
accusative mævastan mævasta mævast
dative mævustum mævastri mævustu
genitive mævasts mævastrar mævasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævastir mævastar mævust
accusative mævasta mævastar mævust
dative mævustum mævustum mævustum
genitive mævastra mævastra mævastra
    Weak declension of superlative of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævasti mævasta mævasta
accusative mævasta mævustu mævasta
dative mævasta mævustu mævasta
genitive mævasta mævustu mævasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævustu mævustu mævustu
accusative mævustu mævustu mævustu
dative mævustum mævustum mævustum
genitive mævustu mævustu mævustu

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mær

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of mærr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of mærr

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mærr, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.

Adjective

mǣr

  1. famous, glorious

Declension
Declension of mǣr (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣr mǣr mǣrt
accusative mǣran mǣra mǣrt
dative mǣrum, -om mǣrri, -re mǣru, -o
genitive mǣrs mǣrrar mǣrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣrir, -e(r) mǣrar mǣr
accusative mǣra mǣrar mǣr
dative mǣrum, -om mǣrum, -om mǣrum, -om
genitive mǣrra, -a mǣrra, -a mǣrra, -a
Declension of mǣr (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣri, -e mǣra mǣra
accusative mǣra mǣru, -o mǣra
dative mǣra mǣru, -o mǣra
genitive mǣra mǣru, -o mǣra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
accusative mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
dative mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
genitive mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
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