mær

See also: maer, Maer, Appendix:Variations of "mar", and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse merr (“mare, female horse”), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō, cognate with English mare, German Mähre. Derived from *marhaz (“male horse”), which is preserved in the word marshall, Danish marskal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛːˀr/, [ˈmɛˀɐ̯], [ˈmæɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

mær c (singular definite mæren, plural indefinite mære)

bitch (a spiteful woman)
tart (a woman with loose sexual morals)
(archaic) old mare

Declension

Declension of *mær*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mær	mæren	mære	mærene
genitive	mærs	mærens	mæres	mærenes

Synonyms

tøjte

References

“mær” in Den Danske Ordbog
“Mær” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛaːɹ/
(Suðuroy) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
Homophone: mar

Pronoun

mær sg

me, dative singular of eg (I)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1^st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2^nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3^rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans^†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar^†
		n	tað		tí	tess

plural	1^st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2^nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3^rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim^†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mær, from Proto-Germanic *mawī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maiːr/
Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

mær f (genitive singular meyjar, nominative plural meyjar)

maiden

Declension

Declension of *mær* (feminine irreg-stem)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mær	mærin	meyjar	meyjarnar
accusative	mey	meyna	meyjar	meyjarnar
dative	meyju, mey	meyjunni, meynni	meyjum	meyjunum
genitive	meyjar	meyjarinnar	meyja	meyjanna

Derived terms

meyjarhaft

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mawī (“girl”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹 (mawi).

Alternative forms

mey

Noun

mær f (genitive meyjar, dative meyju, plural meyjar)

maid, girl, virgin
(poetic) daughter

Declension

Declension of *mær* (strong jō-stem)
feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mær, mey	mærin, meyin	meyjar	meyjarnar
accusative	mey	meyna	meyjar	meyjarnar
dative	mey, meyju	meynni, meyjunni	meyjum	meyjunum
genitive	meyjar	meyjarinnar	meyja	meyjanna

Descendants

Icelandic: mær, mey, meyja
Faroese: moy, moyggj
Norwegian Nynorsk: møy
Norwegian Bokmål: møy
Swedish: mö
Danish: mø

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mær

Alternative form of mjór

Declension

Strong declension of *mær*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mær	mæ	mætt
accusative	mævan	mæva	mætt
dative	mævum	mærri	mævu
genitive	mæs	mærrar	mæs

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævir	mævar	mæ
accusative	mæva	mævar	mæ
dative	mævum	mævum	mævum
genitive	mærra	mærra	mærra

Weak declension of *mær*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævi	mæva	mæva
accusative	mæva	mævu	mæva
dative	mæva	mævu	mæva
genitive	mæva	mævu	mæva

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævu	mævu	mævu
accusative	mævu	mævu	mævu
dative	mævum	mævum	mævum
genitive	mævu	mævu	mævu

Declension of comparative of *mær*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævari	mævari	mævara
accusative	mævara	mævari	mævara
dative	mævara	mævari	mævara
genitive	mævara	mævari	mævara

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævari	mævari	mævari
accusative	mævari	mævari	mævari
dative	mævurum	mævurum	mævurum
genitive	mævari	mævari	mævari

Strong declension of superlative of *mær*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævastr	mævust	mævast
accusative	mævastan	mævasta	mævast
dative	mævustum	mævastri	mævustu
genitive	mævasts	mævastrar	mævasts

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævastir	mævastar	mævust
accusative	mævasta	mævastar	mævust
dative	mævustum	mævustum	mævustum
genitive	mævastra	mævastra	mævastra

Weak declension of superlative of *mær*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævasti	mævasta	mævasta
accusative	mævasta	mævustu	mævasta
dative	mævasta	mævustu	mævasta
genitive	mævasta	mævustu	mævasta

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mævustu	mævustu	mævustu
accusative	mævustu	mævustu	mævustu
dative	mævustum	mævustum	mævustum
genitive	mævustu	mævustu	mævustu

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mær

strong feminine nominative singular of mærr
strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of mærr

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mærr, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.

Adjective

mǣr

famous, glorious

Declension

Declension of mǣr (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǣr	mǣr	mǣrt
accusative	mǣran	mǣra	mǣrt
dative	mǣrum mǣrom	mǣrri mǣrre	mǣru mǣro
genitive	mǣrs	mǣrrar	mǣrs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǣrir mǣrer	mǣrar	mǣr
accusative	mǣra	mǣrar	mǣr
dative	mǣrum mǣrom	mǣrum mǣrom	mǣrum mǣrom
genitive	mǣrra mǣra	mǣrra mǣra	mǣrra mǣra

Declension of mǣr (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǣri mǣre	mǣra	mǣra
accusative	mǣra	mǣru mǣro	mǣra
dative	mǣra	mǣru mǣro	mǣra
genitive	mǣra	mǣru mǣro	mǣra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro
accusative	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro
dative	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro
genitive	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro	mǣru mǣro

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mér, from Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronoun

mær

dative of iak

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns
	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
	first person	second person	reflexive	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular
nominative	iak, iæk	þū	—	han	hōn	þæt
accusative	mik, mek	þik	sik	han	hana, hōna	þæt
dative	mǣ(r), mik	þǣ(r), þik	sǣ(r), sik	hōnum, hānum	hænni	þȳ, þī
genitive	mīn	þīn	sīn	hans	hænna(r)	þæs
dual
nominative	vit	it	—	—	—	—
accusative	oker	*iker	sik	—	—	—
dative	oker	*iker	sǣr, sik	—	—	—
genitive	okar	*ikar	sīn	—	—	—
plural
nominative	vī(r)	ī(r)	—	þē(r)	þā(r)	þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative	os, ōs	iþer	sik	þā	þā(r)	þø̄n, þē(n)
dative	os, ōs	iþer	sǣr, sik	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive	vār	iþar	sīn	þēra	þēra	þēra

Swedish

Noun

mær ?

Archaic form of märr (“mare”).