Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *miuzijō. False cognate of Old English mōr.

Noun

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mýrr f (genitive mýrar, plural mýrar)

  1. moor, swamp, bog

Declension

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Declension of mýrr (strong ijō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mýrr mýrrin mýrar mýrarnar
accusative mýri mýrina mýrar mýrarnar
dative mýri mýrinni mýrum mýrunum
genitive mýrar mýrarinnar mýra mýranna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: mýri
  • Faroese: mýri, mýra
  • Norwegian: myr
    • Danish: myr
      • Norwegian Bokmål: myr
  • Old Swedish: mȳr
  • Old Gutnish: myr
  • Middle English: mire, myre

Anagrams

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