mǫrðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

Noun

mǫrðr m (genitive marðar, dative merði, plural merðir, accusative plural mǫrðu)

  1. marten

Declension

Declension of mǫrðr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mǫrðr mǫrðrinn merðir merðirnir
accusative mǫrð mǫrðinn mǫrðu mǫrðuna
dative merði merðinum mǫrðum mǫrðunum
genitive marðar marðarins marða marðanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mörður
  • Faroese: mørður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mord, mår; (dialectal) mard (mał, mar)
  • Old Swedish: mārþer
  • Danish: mår c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: mår

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mörðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 307; also available at the Internet Archive
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