mær

See also: maer, Maer, Appendix:Variations of "mar", and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse merr (“mare, female horse”), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō, cognate with English mare, German Mähre. Derived from *marhaz (“male horse”), which is preserved in the word marshall, Danish marskal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːˀr/, [ˈmɛˀɐ̯], [ˈmæɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

mær c (singular definite mæren, plural indefinite mære)

  1. bitch (a spiteful woman)
  2. tart (a woman with loose sexual morals)
  3. (archaic) old mare

Declension

Declension of mær
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mær mæren mære mærene
genitive mærs mærens mæres mærenes

Synonyms

References

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

mær sg

  1. me, dative singular of eg (I)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person eg, jeg meg, mjeg mær mín
2nd person tú teg, tjeg tær tín
3rd person m hann honum hansara, hans†
f hon hana henni hennara, hennar†
n tað tí tess
plural 1st person vit okkum okkara
2nd person tit tykkum tykkara
3rd person m teir teimum, teim† teirra
f tær
n tey

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. maiden

Declension

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

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

mær f (genitive meyjar, dative meyju, 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, mey mærin, meyin meyjar meyjarnar
accusative mey meyna meyjar meyjarnar
dative mey, meyju meynni, meyjunni meyjum meyjunum
genitive meyjar meyjarinnar meyja meyjanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: mær, mey, meyja
  • Faroese: moy, moyggj
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: møy
  • Swedish: mö
  • Danish: mø

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mær

  1. alternative form of mjór
Declension
Strong declension of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mær mæ mætt
accusative mævan mæva mætt
dative mævum mærri mævu
genitive mæs mærrar mæs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævir mævar mæ
accusative mæva mævar mæ
dative mævum mævum mævum
genitive mærra mærra mærra
Weak declension of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævi mæva mæva
accusative mæva mævu mæva
dative mæva mævu mæva
genitive mæva mævu mæva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævu mævu mævu
accusative mævu mævu mævu
dative mævum mævum mævum
genitive mævu mævu mævu
Declension of comparative of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævari mævari mævara
accusative mævara mævari mævara
dative mævara mævari mævara
genitive mævara mævari mævara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævari mævari mævari
accusative mævari mævari mævari
dative mævurum mævurum mævurum
genitive mævari mævari mævari
Strong declension of superlative of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævastr mævust mævast
accusative mævastan mævasta mævast
dative mævustum mævastri mævustu
genitive mævasts mævastrar mævasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævastir mævastar mævust
accusative mævasta mævastar mævust
dative mævustum mævustum mævustum
genitive mævastra mævastra mævastra
Weak declension of superlative of mær
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævasti mævasta mævasta
accusative mævasta mævustu mævasta
dative mævasta mævustu mævasta
genitive mævasta mævustu mævasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mævustu mævustu mævustu
accusative mævustu mævustu mævustu
dative mævustum mævustum mævustum
genitive mævustu mævustu mævustu

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mær

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of mærr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of mærr

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

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
mǣrom 		mǣrri
mǣrre 		mǣru
mǣro
genitive mǣrs mǣrrar mǣrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣrir
mǣrer 		mǣrar mǣr
accusative mǣra mǣrar mǣr
dative mǣrum
mǣrom 		mǣrum
mǣrom 		mǣrum
mǣrom
genitive mǣrra
mǣra 		mǣrra
mǣra 		mǣrra
mǣra
Declension of mǣr (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣri
mǣre 		mǣra mǣra
accusative mǣra mǣru
mǣro 		mǣra
dative mǣra mǣru
mǣro 		mǣra
genitive mǣra mǣru
mǣro 		mǣra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro
accusative mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro
dative mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro
genitive mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro 		mǣru
mǣro

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mér, from Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronoun

mær

  1. dative of iak
Declension
Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular
nominative iak, iæk þū — han hōn þæt
accusative mik, mek þik sik han hana, hōna þæt
dative mǣ(r), mik þǣ(r), þik sǣ(r), sik hōnum, hānum hænni þȳ, þī
genitive mīn þīn sīn hans hænna(r) þæs
dual
nominative vit it — — — —
accusative oker *iker sik — — —
dative oker *iker sǣr, sik — — —
genitive okar *ikar sīn — — —
plural
nominative vī(r) ī(r) — þē(r) þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative os, ōs iþer sik þā þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
dative os, ōs iþer sǣr, sik þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive vār iþar sīn þēra þēra þēra

Swedish

Noun

mær ?

  1. archaic form of märr (“mare”)
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