mǫlr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maluz, from Proto-Indo-European *molH-(y)o-, from *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). See also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉 (malō) and German Milbe.

Noun

mǫlr m (genitive malar, plural melir)

1. moth

Declension

Declension of mǫlr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mǫlr	mǫlrinn	melir	melirnir
accusative	mǫl	mǫlinn	mǫlu	mǫluna
dative	meli	melinum	mǫlum	mǫlunum
genitive	malar	malarins	mala	malanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: mölur
• Faroese: mølur
• Danish: møl
• Norwegian Bokmål: møll
• Norwegian Nynorsk: møll; mòl (archaic)
• Old Swedish: mal, møl
  • Swedish: mal

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mölr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 307; also available at the Internet Archive