Reconstruction:Old English/mimor

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mimr, from Proto-Germanic *mimraz, *mīmraz (“mindful, careful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to be mindful, remember, take careful thought of”). Akin to Saterland Frisian mimerje (“to ponder, reflect”), Middle Low German mīmeren, mīmern (“to ponder, reflect”), Middle Dutch mīmeren (“to ponder, reflect”) (Dutch mijmeren (“to muse, reflect deeply, think to oneself”)), Old Norse Mīmir (“Norse god of memory”), Old English māmor (“lethargy”), Old English māmrian (“to think out, design”), Latin memor (“mindful”), Old English murnan (“to mourn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.mor/

Adjective

*mimor

1. mindful
2. existing in the memory or mind, known

Declension

Declension of *mimor — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*mimor	*mimor	*mimor
Accusative	*mimorne	*mimore	*mimor
Genitive	*mimores	*mimorre	*mimores
Dative	*mimorum	*mimorre	*mimorum
Instrumental	*mimore	*mimorre	*mimore
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*mimore	*mimora, *mimore	*mimor
Accusative	*mimore	*mimora, *mimore	*mimor
Genitive	*mimorra	*mimorra	*mimorra
Dative	*mimorum	*mimorum	*mimorum
Instrumental	*mimorum	*mimorum	*mimorum

Declension of *mimor — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*mimora	*mimore	*mimore
Accusative	*mimoran	*mimoran	*mimore
Genitive	*mimoran	*mimoran	*mimoran
Dative	*mimoran	*mimoran	*mimoran
Instrumental	*mimoran	*mimoran	*mimoran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*mimoran	*mimoran	*mimoran
Accusative	*mimoran	*mimoran	*mimoran
Genitive	*mimorra, *mimorena	*mimorra, *mimorena	*mimorra, *mimorena
Dative	*mimorum	*mimorum	*mimorum
Instrumental	*mimorum	*mimorum	*mimorum

Derived terms

• ġemimor
• mimorian

Related terms

• māmor