mærr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From 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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mær
  • 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