mör

See also: moer and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *marhwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœːr/

  Rhymes: -œːr

Noun

mör m (genitive singular mörs, no plural)

1. suet

Derived terms

Derived terms

• blóðmör
• garnamör/garnmör
• grasablóðmör
• hnoðmör
• innyflamör

• kvígumör
• mörgæs
• netjumör
• nýrnamör
• pokablóðmör

• rúsínublóðmör
• súlublóðmör
• súrblóðmör
• súrmör

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz.

Adjective

mör (comparative mörare, superlative mörast)

1. (of food) tender; crumbly
2. (of people) very tired, exhausted, ready to go to sleep, aching from tiredness; also ready to give up (e.g. in a fight)

Declension

Inflection of mör
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	mör	mörare	mörast
Neuter singular	mört	mörare	mörast
Plural	möra	mörare	mörast
Masculine plural3	möre	mörare	mörast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	möre	mörare	möraste
All	möra	mörare	möraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• mördeg (“shortcrust pastry”)

Related terms

• möra (“tenderize”)

Further reading

• mör in Svensk ordbok.