Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *miz, dative of *ek.

Pronoun

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ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ)

  1. dative of ᛖᚲ (ek)
    • c. 200–450 AD, inscription on the Opedal Runestone[1]
      ᛒᛁᚱᚷᛜᚷᚢᛒᛟᚱᛟᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱᛗᛁᚾᚢ ¶ ᛚᛖᚢᛒᚢᛗᛖᛉ ᚹᚨᚷᛖ ᛬
      birgŋguboroswestarminu ¶ leubumeʀ wage :
      /birg, Ingubōrō, swestar mīnu leubu, mēʀ, Wāgē!/
      O Ingubōrō, my beloved sister, preserve me, Wāgaz!

Descendants

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  • Old Norse: mér
    • Icelandic: mér
    • Faroese: mær
    • Old Swedish: mær

References

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  1. ^ Inscription/entry N KJ76 in the RuneS-Database of the research project "Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS)" of Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2024.