myr

See also: Myr, MYR, mýr, mỹr, and mŷr

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian myr, from Old Norse mýrr.

Noun

myr c (singular definite myren, plural indefinite myrer)

  1. (Norway) swamp
    Synonym: mose

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: myr

References

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish immar. Cognate with Irish mar.

Conjunction

myr

  1. like, as
    Myr va mee gra...
    As I said...

Middle Low German

Noun

myr f

  1. Alternative form of mure.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mýrr.

Noun

myr f or m (definite singular myra or myren, indefinite plural myrer, definite plural myrene)

  1. bog, marsh, swamp

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō. Akin to English mire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /myːr/

Noun

myr f (definite singular myra, indefinite plural myrar or myrer, definite plural myrane or myrene)

  1. a bog, marsh, swamp
Inflection
Historical inflection of myr
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 ei Myr Myri Myrar Myrarna
1901 myrarne (myrane)
1917 myra, myri myrane
1938 myra [myri] myrar [myrer] myrane [myrene]
2012 (current) ei myr myra myrar, myrer myrane, myrene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms
  • blautmyr
  • blåmyr
  • flogemyr
  • flotmyr
  • gaglemyr
  • gørrmyr
  • hengemyr
  • moltemyr
  • mosemyr
  • myrbær
  • myrdun
  • myrete
  • myrfivel
  • myrhals
  • myrhatt
  • myrhòl
  • myrjord
  • myrklegg
  • myrkongle
  • myrlende
  • myrlendt
  • myrmalm
  • myrplante
  • myrsnipe
  • myrull
  • orremyr
  • sivmyr
  • skogsmyr
  • snaumyr
  • storrmyr
  • søkkemyr
  • torvmyr
  • våtmyr

Verb

myr

  1. present tense of myrja
  2. imperative of myrja

References

Old Gutnish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mýrr.

Noun

myr

  1. a bog, (less specifically) a moor, a wetland

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 蜜 (miɪt̚, “honey”).[1]

Noun

myr (mïr or mir)

  1. honey

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “mır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 771
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 130

Swedish
myr i Arådalen, Jämtland

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mýrr.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Noun

myr c

  1. a bog, (less specifically) a moor, a wetland

Declension
Declension of myr 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative myr myren myrar myrarna
Genitive myrs myrens myrars myrarnas

Hyponyms

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

myr

  1. Nasal mutation of byr (“short”).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
byr fyr myr unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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