mære

See also: maere

Danish

Noun

mære c

1. indefinite plural of mær

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæː.re/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Cognate with Middle Dutch mēre, Old Norse landamæri (“border-marks between lands”).

Noun

mǣre n

1. boundary, border

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mǣre	mǣru
accusative	mǣre	mǣru
genitive	mǣres	mǣra
dative	mǣre	mǣrum

Derived terms

• landgemǣre

Descendants

• Middle English: mere
  • English: mere
  • ⇒ Yola: pulmere

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“famous”).

Cognates

Cognate with Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, Old Norse mærr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros) (in ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”)), Old Irish már (Scottish Gaelic mòr, compare English claymore), Welsh mawr (“big”).

Germanic mār-, mǣr- is also used in Germanic given names, such as Swedish Ingemar, English Aylmer, Italian Ademaro, German Dietmar, French Omer etc. Its Indo-European ancestor is conserved in Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ), as in the Russian given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), and in Gaulish given names as Segomārus and Viridomārus.

Adjective

mǣre (comparative mǣrra, superlative mǣrost or mǣrest)

1. famous, renowned
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,
     wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre,
     ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,

     The warriors took away the strength of spears,
     killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous
     and the storms hit these stone slopes,

2. pure
3. (of money) sterling

Declension

Declension of mǣre — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mǣre	mǣru, mǣro	mǣre
Accusative	mǣrne	mǣre	mǣre
Genitive	mǣres	mǣrre	mǣres
Dative	mǣrum	mǣrre	mǣrum
Instrumental	mǣre	mǣrre	mǣre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mǣre	mǣra, mǣre	mǣru, mǣro
Accusative	mǣre	mǣra, mǣre	mǣru, mǣro
Genitive	mǣrra	mǣrra	mǣrra
Dative	mǣrum	mǣrum	mǣrum
Instrumental	mǣrum	mǣrum	mǣrum

Declension of mǣre — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mǣra	mǣre	mǣre
Accusative	mǣran	mǣran	mǣre
Genitive	mǣran	mǣran	mǣran
Dative	mǣran	mǣran	mǣran
Instrumental	mǣran	mǣran	mǣran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mǣran	mǣran	mǣran
Accusative	mǣran	mǣran	mǣran
Genitive	mǣrra, mǣrena	mǣrra, mǣrena	mǣrra, mǣrena
Dative	mǣrum	mǣrum	mǣrum
Instrumental	mǣrum	mǣrum	mǣrum

Related terms

• mǣrsian

Descendants

• Middle English: mere
  • English: mere (“just, only”) (partially)