maurr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *meurǭ, *miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Noun[edit]

maurr m (genitive maurs, plural maurar)

  1. ant

Declension[edit]

  Declension of maurr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative maurr maurrinn maurar maurarnir
accusative maur maurinn maura maurana
dative mauri maurinum maurum maurunum
genitive maurs maursins maura mauranna

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: myre c
  • Faroese: meyra f
  • Icelandic: maur m
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: maur m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: maur m
  • Old Swedish: mȳra m

References[edit]

  • “maurr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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