mjór
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse mjór (also mjár, mær).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mjór (comparative mjórri, superlative mjóstur)
Inflection edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms edit
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (“slim, narrow”).
Adjective edit
mjór
Declension edit
Strong declension of mjór
Weak declension of mjór
Declension of comparative of mjór
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvara |
accusative | mjóvara | mjóvari | mjóvara |
dative | mjóvara | mjóvari | mjóvara |
genitive | mjóvara | mjóvari | mjóvara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvari |
accusative | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvari |
dative | mjóvurum | mjóvurum | mjóvurum |
genitive | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvari |
Strong declension of superlative of mjór
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | mjóvastr | mjóvust | mjóvast |
accusative | mjóvastan | mjóvasta | mjóvast |
dative | mjóvustum | mjóvastri | mjóvustu |
genitive | mjóvasts | mjóvastrar | mjóvasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | mjóvastir | mjóvastar | mjóvust |
accusative | mjóvasta | mjóvastar | mjóvust |
dative | mjóvustum | mjóvustum | mjóvustum |
genitive | mjóvastra | mjóvastra | mjóvastra |
Weak declension of superlative of mjór
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | mjóvasti | mjóvasta | mjóvasta |
accusative | mjóvasta | mjóvustu | mjóvasta |
dative | mjóvasta | mjóvustu | mjóvasta |
genitive | mjóvasta | mjóvustu | mjóvasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | mjóvustu | mjóvustu | mjóvustu |
accusative | mjóvustu | mjóvustu | mjóvustu |
dative | mjóvustum | mjóvustum | mjóvustum |
genitive | mjóvustu | mjóvustu | mjóvustu |
Descendants edit
References edit
- mjór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)