myre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse maurr from Proto-Indo-European *morwi (“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

Inflection

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 har myret)

1. swarm

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mýrr.

Noun

myre

1. Alternative form of mire (“mire”)

Etymology 2

From Old English *mīere.

Noun

myre

1. Alternative form of mire (“ant”)

Etymology 3

From mire (“mire”, noun).

Verb

myre

1. Alternative form of myren

Etymology 4

From Old English myrre.

Noun

myre

1. Alternative form of mirre