Mǿrr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- Mǿri (likely from dative)
Etymology
From mǿrr (“marshland”), from Proto-Germanic *mōrī.
Proper noun
Mǿrr f
- Møre (a county of Norway)
Declension
Declension of Mǿrr (strong ijō-stem, indefinite singular only)
feminine | singular |
---|---|
indefinite | |
nominative | Mǿrr |
accusative | Mǿri |
dative | Mǿri |
genitive | Mǿrar |
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