maurr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meurǭ, *miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Noun

maurr m (genitive maurs, plural maurar)

  1. ant

Declension
  Declension of maurr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative maurr maurrinn maurar maurarnir
accusative maur maurinn maura maurana
dative mauri maurinum maurum maurunum
genitive maurs maursins maura mauranna

Descendants
  • Danish: myre c
  • Faroese: meyra f
  • Icelandic: maur m
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: maur m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: maur m
  • Old Swedish: mȳra m

References
  • “maurr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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