meir

See also: méir, -méir, and Meir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse meir, meiri.

Adverb

meir

1. more

Synonyms

• meira

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse meir, meiri.

Adverb

meir

1. more

Anagrams

• ermi
• meri
• reim

Lolopo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me²¹]

Noun

meir

1. (Yao'an) mouth
2. (Yao'an) beak

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːrʲ/

Noun

meir f pl

1. plural of mair

Mutation

Mutation of meir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meir	veir	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Noun

meir

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of mare (“horse, mare”)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea, ocean; lake”). Cognate with German Meer, English mere.

Noun

meir m

1. sea

References

• “meir” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse meiri, adverbs meir and meirr. Akin to English more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɪːr/, [mɛ̝ɪ̯ːr], [mæɪ̯ːr], [ma̝ɪ̯ːr]

Adjective

meir

1. more

   Staden har meir kriminalitet no enn før.

   The place has more crime now than earlier.

Adverb

meir

1. more

   Olav jobbar meir enn deg.

   Olav works more than you.

2. (any) longer

   Eg vil ikkje vera her meir.

   I don't want to stay here any longer.

Derived terms

• meir eller mindre

References

• “meir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansh

Etymology 1

Noun

meir m (plural meirs)

1. (Surmiran) alternative form of mir (“exterior wall”)

Etymology 2

Noun

meir f (plural meirs)

1. (Surmiran) alternative form of mieur (“mouse”)

Scots

Alternative forms

• meer, mere, mear

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots meir, from Early Scots mer, from Anglian Old English mēre (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miːr], [meːr]

Noun

meir (plural meirs)

1. mare (female horse)

Coordinate terms

• couser (“stallion”)

Derived terms

• mason's meir (“trestle for scaffolding”)
• meir's tails (“cirrus clouds”)
• Tamson's meir, shank's meir (“using one's own legs in order to travel”)
• wild meir (“wild mare”)