Mǿrr

See also: morr, Morr, mǫrr, mørr, and mǿrr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• Mǿri (likely from dative)

Etymology

From mǿrr (“marshland”), from Proto-Germanic *mōrī-.

Proper noun

Mǿrr f

1. 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