maurr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *mýra

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mauraz, *meurǭ, *miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís.

Noun

maurr m (genitive maurs, plural maurar)

1. ant

Declension

Declension of maurr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maurr	maurrinn	maurar	maurarnir
accusative	maur	maurinn	maura	maurana
dative	mauri	maurinum	maurum	maurunum
genitive	maurs	maursins	maura	mauranna

Descendants

• Danish: myre c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: myre m (riksmål)
• Faroese: meyra f
• Icelandic: maur m
• Jamtish: mour
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: maur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: maur m
• Old Swedish: mȳra m, *mør (in mørastakker)
  • Swedish: myra c
• Westrobothnian: möur
• → Middle English: mowre

Further reading

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