mære
Danish
Noun
mære c
- plural indefinite of mær
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæːre/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *mēriją. Cognate with Middle Dutch mēre, Old Norse landamæri ‘landmark’.
Noun
mǣre n
- boundary, border
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mǣre | mǣru |
| accusative | mǣre | mǣru |
| genitive | mǣres | mǣra |
| dative | mǣre | mǣrum |
Descendants
- English: mere
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *mērijaz (“famous”), from Indo-European. Cognate with Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, Old Norse mærr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Greek -μωρος (in ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros) ‘mighty with the spear’), Old Irish már (Scottish Gaelic mòr, compare claymore), Welsh mawr (“big”).
Germanic mār-, mǣr- is also used in Germanic given names, such as Swedish Ingemar, English Aylmer, Italian Ademaro, German Dietmar, French Omer etc. Its Indo-European ancestor is conserved in Old Slavonic мѣръ (měrъ/měrŭ), as in the Russian given name Владимир (Vladimir), and in Gaulish given names as Segomārus and Viridomārus.
Adjective
mǣre
- famous, renowned, illustrious
- pure
- (of money) sterling
Related terms
- mǣrsian
Descendants
- Middle English: mere
- English: mere