mær

See also: maer, mär, Mär, and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse merr (“mare, female horse”), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛːr/, [mɛːˀɐ̯]

Noun

mær c (singular definite mæren, plural indefinite mære)

  1. bitch (spiteful woman), tart (woman with loose sexual morals)

Inflection
Declension of mær
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mær mæren mære mærene
genitive mærs mærens mæres mærenes

Synonyms

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛaːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
  • Homophone: mar

Pronoun

mær sg

  1. me, dative singular of eg (I)

Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mær, from Proto-Germanic *mawī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maiːr/
  • Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

mær f (genitive singular meyjar, nominative plural meyjar)

  1. (poetic) maiden

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mawī (“girl”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹 (mawi).

Noun

mær f (genitive meyjar, plural meyjar)

  1. maid, girl, virgin
  2. (poetic) daughter

Declension
  Declension of mær (strong jō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mær mærin meyjar meyjarnar
accusative mey meyina meyjar meyjarnar
dative mey, meyju meyinni, meyjunni meyjum meyjunum
genitive meyjar meyjarinnar meyja meyjanna

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: møy m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møy f
  • Swedish: mö c

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mærr, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.

Adjective

mǣr

  1. famous, glorious

Declension
Declension of mǣr (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣr mǣr mǣrt
accusative mǣran mǣra mǣrt
dative mǣrum, -om mǣrri, -re mǣru, -o
genitive mǣrs mǣrrar mǣrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣrir, -e(r) mǣrar mǣr
accusative mǣra mǣrar mǣr
dative mǣrum, -om mǣrum, -om mǣrum, -om
genitive mǣrra mǣrra mǣrra
Declension of mǣr (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣri, -e mǣra mǣra
accusative mǣra mǣru, -o mǣra
dative mǣra mǣru, -o mǣra
genitive mǣra mǣru, -o mǣra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
accusative mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
dative mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
genitive mǣru, -o mǣru, -o mǣru, -o
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