mær

See also: maer, mär, Mär, and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse merr (“mare, female horse”), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛːr/, [mɛːˀɐ̯]

Noun

mær c (singular definite mæren, plural indefinite mære)

1. bitch (spiteful woman), tart (woman with loose sexual morals)

Inflection

Declension of mær

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

Synonyms

• tøjte

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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

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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. (poetic) maiden

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• meyjarhaft

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

mær f (genitive meyjar, 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	mærin	meyjar	meyjarnar
accusative	mey	meyina	meyjar	meyjarnar
dative	mey, meyju	meyinni, meyjunni	meyjum	meyjunum
genitive	meyjar	meyjarinnar	meyja	meyjanna

Descendants

• Danish: mø c
• Faroese: moy f, moyggj f
• Icelandic: mær, mey, meyja f

• Norwegian Nynorsk: møy f
• Swedish: mö c

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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 mǣrom	mǣrri mǣrre	mǣru mǣro
genitive	mǣrs	mǣrrar	mǣrs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǣrir mǣrer	mǣrar	mǣr
accusative	mǣra	mǣrar	mǣr
dative	mǣrum mǣrom	mǣrum mǣrom	mǣrum mǣrom
genitive	mǣrra mǣra	mǣrra mǣra	mǣrra mǣra

Declension of mǣr (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǣri mǣre	mǣra	mǣra
accusative	mǣra	mǣru mǣro	mǣra
dative	mǣra	mǣru mǣro	mǣra
genitive	mǣra	mǣru mǣro	mǣra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro
accusative	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro
dative	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro
genitive	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro