mǫrk

See also: mörk and Mork

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *marką, cognate to German Mark.

Noun

mǫrk f (genitive merkr, plural merkr)

1. mark, by weight or value, = eight ounces (átta aurar)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku) (genitive attested as ᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (markiʀ /markīʀ/) in ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (aljamarkiʀ /aljamarkīʀ/, “of the foreign borderlands”)), from Proto-Germanic *markō.

Noun

mǫrk f (genitive markar, and merkr)

1. forest, woodland
2. borderland, marches

Declension

  Declension of mǫrk (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mǫrk	mǫrkin	markar	markarnar
accusative	mǫrk	mǫrkina	markar	markarnar
dative	mǫrk	mǫrkinni	mǫrkum	mǫrkunum
genitive	markar, merkr	markarinnar, merkrinnar	marka	markanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: mörk
• Faroese: mørk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mork, mark
• Westrobothnian: mark
• Old Swedish: mark
  • Swedish: mark
• Danish: mark
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mark
• → Old Irish: marg
  • Irish: marg