mör

See also: moer and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *marhwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœːr/

  Rhymes: -œːr

Noun

mör m (genitive singular mörs, nominative plural mörvar)

1. (in the singular) suet
2. a cake made from the suet of multiple lambs

Declension

Declension of mör (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mör	mörinn	mörvar	mörvarnir
accusative	mör	mörinn	mörva	mörvana
dative	mör	mörnum	mörvum	mörvunum
genitive	mörs	mörsins	mörva	mörvanna

Derived terms

• blóðmör
• garnamör, garnmör
• grasablóðmör
• hnoðmör
• innyflamör
• kvígumör
• mörgæs
• netjumör
• nýrnamör
• pokablóðmör
• rúsínublóðmör
• súlublóðmör
• súrblóðmör
• súrmör

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “mör”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “mör” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Further reading

• Guðrún Kvaran (2002 October 23) “Hvers kyns er orðið mör? [What gender is the word mör?]”, in Vísindavefurinn [The Web of Science]‎^[1]

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Maurus (“a Moor”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈmoːɾ]

Adjective

mör m (feminine móra, masculine plural mòrr, feminine plural móri) (Central Romagna)

1. Moor

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz.

Adjective

mör (comparative mörare, superlative mörast)

1. (of food, usually meat) tender

   mört kött

   tender meat

2. (figuratively, of people) sore, tender

   Efter en dag i backen är man ofta lite mör

   After a day on the slopes, you're often a bit sore

3. (figuratively, of people) (closer to) giving up or in (after pressure), docile

   Jag tror han börjar bli mör

   I think he's starting to become more cooperative

Declension

Inflection of mör

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	mör	mörare	mörast
neuter singular	mört	mörare	mörast
plural	möra	mörare	mörast
masculine plural2	möre	mörare	mörast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	möre	mörare	möraste
all	möra	mörare	möraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• mörbulta
• mördeg (“shortcrust pastry”)

Related terms

• möra (“tenderize”)

References

• mör in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mör in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mör in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)