myre

See also: Myre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish myræ, from Old Norse maurr, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís (“ant”), cognate with Icelandic maur. Compare Dutch mier, Serbo-Croatian мрав.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myːrə/, [ˈmyːɐ]

Noun

myre c (singular definite myren, plural indefinite myrer)

1. ant

Declension

Declension of myre

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	myre	myren	myrer	myrerne
genitive	myres	myrens	myrers	myrernes

Verb

myre (imperative myr, infinitive at myre, present tense myrer, past tense myrede, perfect tense myret)

1. (dated) to swarm

Conjugation

Conjugation of myre

active passive present myrer myres past myrede myredes infinitive myre myres imperative myr — participle present myrende past myret (auxiliary verb have) gerund myren

References

• “myre” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

myre

1. alternative form of mire (“mire”)

Etymology 2

Noun

myre

1. alternative form of mire (“ant”)

Etymology 3

Verb

myre

1. alternative form of myren

Etymology 4

Noun

myre

1. alternative form of mirre