mjór

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• mjár, mær

Etymology

From Old Norse mjór (also mjár, mær).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjouːr/

  Rhymes: -ouːr

Adjective

mjór (comparative mjórri, superlative mjóstur)

1. thin, slender
2. narrow

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (thin): grannur, magur, (obsolete) svangur
• (narrow): þröngur

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• mjár, mær

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (“slim, narrow”).

Adjective

mjór

1. thin, slender, slim
2. pointed
3. narrow

   Antonym: breiðr

Declension

    Strong declension of mjór

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjór	mjó	mjótt
accusative	mjóvan	mjóva	mjótt
dative	mjóvum	mjórri	mjóvu
genitive	mjós	mjórrar	mjós
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvir	mjóvar	mjó
accusative	mjóva	mjóvar	mjó
dative	mjóvum	mjóvum	mjóvum
genitive	mjórra	mjórra	mjórra

    Weak declension of mjór

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvi	mjóva	mjóva
accusative	mjóva	mjóvu	mjóva
dative	mjóva	mjóvu	mjóva
genitive	mjóva	mjóvu	mjóva
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvu	mjóvu	mjóvu
accusative	mjóvu	mjóvu	mjóvu
dative	mjóvum	mjóvum	mjóvum
genitive	mjóvu	mjóvu	mjóvu

    Declension of comparative of mjór

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvari	mjóvari	mjóvara
accusative	mjóvara	mjóvari	mjóvara
dative	mjóvara	mjóvari	mjóvara
genitive	mjóvara	mjóvari	mjóvara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvari	mjóvari	mjóvari
accusative	mjóvari	mjóvari	mjóvari
dative	mjóvurum	mjóvurum	mjóvurum
genitive	mjóvari	mjóvari	mjóvari

    Strong declension of superlative of mjór

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvastr	mjóvust	mjóvast
accusative	mjóvastan	mjóvasta	mjóvast
dative	mjóvustum	mjóvastri	mjóvustu
genitive	mjóvasts	mjóvastrar	mjóvasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvastir	mjóvastar	mjóvust
accusative	mjóvasta	mjóvastar	mjóvust
dative	mjóvustum	mjóvustum	mjóvustum
genitive	mjóvastra	mjóvastra	mjóvastra

    Weak declension of superlative of mjór

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvasti	mjóvasta	mjóvasta
accusative	mjóvasta	mjóvustu	mjóvasta
dative	mjóvasta	mjóvustu	mjóvasta
genitive	mjóvasta	mjóvustu	mjóvasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjóvustu	mjóvustu	mjóvustu
accusative	mjóvustu	mjóvustu	mjóvustu
dative	mjóvustum	mjóvustum	mjóvustum
genitive	mjóvustu	mjóvustu	mjóvustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: mjór, mjár, mær
• Faroese: mjáur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mjå
• Norwegian Bokmål: mjå

References

• mjór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)