Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *muniz (mind, memory, desire).

Noun edit

munr m

  1. mind
    • Gamlkan Has, Harmsól :
      send þú yðvarn anda,
      einskepjandi, hreinan
      mér, þanns mitt of fœri
      munar grand heðan, landa
      Send your pure spirit to me,
      sole creator of lands [ie, God],
      the one which may carry
      hence my sorrow of mind
  2. delight
    munafullanfull of pleasures
    munstœrandijoy-increaser
  3. difference

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: munur
  • Faroese: munur
  • Norwegian: mun
  • Old Swedish: mon

References edit

  • munr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • The Skaldic Project