munr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory, desire”).

Noun

munr m

1. mind
   • c. 1180, Gamli kanóki, Harmsól stanza 3.1-4:

     send þú yðvarn anda, · einskepjandi, hreinan
     mér, þanns mitt of fǿri · munar grand heðan, landa

     Send your pure ghost to me, O sole creator of lands;
     that one which might carry my mind’s grief away from here.

2. will, desire, delight

   munafullan ― full of pleasures

   munstǿrandi ― joy-increaser

   • c. 1010, Eyjólfr dáðaskáld, Bandadrápa klofstef.1-2:

     Dregr land at mun banda / Eirekr und sik […]

     Eric draws land under himself at the will of the gods […]

3. difference

Declension

Declension of munr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	munr	munrinn	munir	munirnir
accusative	mun	muninn	muni	munina
dative	mun	muninum	munum	mununum
genitive	munar	munarins	muna	munanna

Derived terms

• burðamunr m (“difference of birth”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: munur
• Faroese: munur
• Norwegian: mun
• Old Swedish: mon
  • → Swedish: mån
• Old Danish: mun
  • Danish: mon (“worth, benefit (archaic)”)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “munr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• The Skaldic Project