Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos.

Noun edit

mergr m (genitive mergjar, plural mergir)

  1. marrow

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: mergur
  • Faroese: mergur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: marg
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: merg
  • Norn: mergi
  • Danish: marv
  • Old Swedish: mærgher

References edit

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