mære
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Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
mære c
- indefinite plural of mær
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Cognate with Middle Dutch mēre, Old Norse landamæri (“border-marks between lands”).
Noun[edit]
mǣre n
Declension[edit]
Declension of mære (strong ja-stem)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“famous”).
Cognates
Cognate with Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, Old Norse mærr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros) (in ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”)), Old Irish már (Scottish Gaelic mòr, compare English claymore), Welsh mawr (“big”).
Germanic mār-, mǣr- is also used in Germanic given names, such as Swedish Ingemar, English Aylmer, Italian Ademaro, German Dietmar, French Omer etc. Its Indo-European ancestor is conserved in Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ), as in the Russian given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), and in Gaulish given names as Segomārus and Viridomārus.Adjective[edit]
mǣre (comparative mǣrra, superlative mǣrost or mǣrest)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mǣre — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | mǣre | mǣru, mǣro | mǣre |
Accusative | mǣrne | mǣre | mǣre |
Genitive | mǣres | mǣrre | mǣres |
Dative | mǣrum | mǣrre | mǣrum |
Instrumental | mǣre | mǣrre | mǣre |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | mǣre | mǣra, mǣre | mǣru, mǣro |
Accusative | mǣre | mǣra, mǣre | mǣru, mǣro |
Genitive | mǣrra | mǣrra | mǣrra |
Dative | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |
Instrumental | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |
Declension of mǣre — Weak
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Descendants[edit]
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