mør

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish mør, from Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz. Cognate with English mellow and German mürbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmøɐ̯ˀ]

Adjective

mør (neuter mørt, plural and definite singular attributive møre)

1. tender (of meat and vegetables)
2. crumbling, mouldering

Inflection

Inflection of mør
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	mør	mørere	mørest2
Indefinite neuter singular	mørt	mørere	mørest2
Plural	møre	mørere	mørest2
Definite attributive1	møre	mørere	møreste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• mørhed (“tenderness”)

References

• “mør” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz.

Adjective

mør (neuter singular mørt, definite singular and plural møre, comparative mørere, indefinite superlative mørest, definite superlative møreste)

1. tender (of food, when cooked)

References

• “mør” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mǿrir m pl.

Noun

mør m (definite singular møren, indefinite plural mører or mørar, definite plural mørene or mørane)

1. someone from Møre

   Synonym: møring

Related terms

• møre f (“woman from Møre”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

mør (neuter mørt, definite singular and plural møre, comparative mørare, indefinite superlative mørast, definite superlative møraste)

1. alternative form of møyr (“tender”)