munr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory, desire”).

Noun

munr m

1. mind
   • Gamlkan Has, Harmsól :

     send þú yðvarn anda,
     einskepjandi, hreinan
     mér, þanns mitt of fœri
     munar grand heðan, landa

     Send your pure spirit to me,
     sole creator of lands [ie, God],
     the one which may carry
     hence my sorrow of mind

2. delight

   munafullan ― full of pleasures

   munstœrandi ― joy-increaser

3. difference

Declension

  Declension of munr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	munr	munrinn	munir	munirnir
accusative	mun	muninn	muni	munina
dative	mun	muninum	munum	mununum
genitive	munar	munarins	muna	munanna

Derived terms

• burðamunr m (“difference of birth”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: munur
• Faroese: munur
• Norwegian: mun
• Old Swedish: mon
  • → Swedish: mån
• Old Danish: mun
  • Danish: mon (“worth, benefit (archaic)”)

References

• “munr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• The Skaldic Project