Mǿri
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- Mœrr
Etymology
Likely from dative of Mǿrr, from mǿrr (“marshland”), from Proto-Germanic *mōrī.
Proper noun
Mǿri f
- Alternative form of Mǿrr
- indefinite dative singular of Mǿrr
Descendants
- Icelandic: Mæri
- Faroese: Møri
- Norwegian: Møre
- ⇒ Old Norse: Sunnmǿrr
- Icelandic: Sunnmæri
- Faroese: Sunnmøri
- Norwegian: Sunnmøre, Sunnmør
- Danish: Søndmør
- ⇒ Old Norse: Norðmǿrr
- Norwegian: Nordmøre, Nordmør