mýrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miuzijō. False cognate of Old English mōr.

Noun

mýrr f (genitive mýrar, plural mýrar)

1. moor, swamp, bog

Declension

  Declension of mýrr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mýrr	mýrrin	mýrar	mýrarnar
accusative	mýri	mýrina	mýrar	mýrarnar
dative	mýri	mýrinni	mýrum	mýrunum
genitive	mýrar	mýrarinnar	mýra	mýranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: mýri
• Faroese: mýri, mýra
• Norwegian: myr
  • → Danish: myr
    • Norwegian Bokmål: myr
• Old Swedish: mȳr
  • Swedish: myr
• Old Gutnish: myr
• → Middle English: mire, myre
  • English: mire
  • Scots: myre, mire

Anagrams

• rýmr