mýrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miuzijō. False cognate of Old English mōr.

Noun

mýrr f (genitive mýrar, plural mýrar)

moor, swamp, bog

Declension

Declension of mýrr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mýrr	mýrrin	mýrar	mýrarnar
accusative	mýri	mýrina	mýrar	mýrarnar
dative	mýri	mýrinni	mýrum	mýrunum
genitive	mýrar	mýrarinnar	mýra	mýranna

Descendants

Icelandic: mýri
Faroese: mýri, mýra
Norwegian: myr
- → Danish: myr
  - Norwegian Bokmål: myr
Old Swedish: mȳr
- Swedish: myr
Old Gutnish: myr
→ Old English: mire
- English: mire

Anagrams

rýmr

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