ofmargr

Old Norse

Etymology

of- (“too, excessively”) +‎ margr (“many, a lot of”)

Adjective

ofmargr

1. too many
   • c. 1250, Óláfr ‘White Skald’ Þórðarson, Third Grammatical Treatise

     Í aftekning samstǫfu verðr barbarismus, sem kvað Hárekr í Þjóttu: “Ráðit hefik at ríða // Rínleygs heðan mínu.” Hér er Rín fyrir Rínar, þvíat ofmargar verða ella samstǫfur í vísu-orði.

     The removal of a syllable results in barbarism, as when Hárekr in Þjótta sung: “I have decided to ride my ... Rhine-flame (GOLD) ... from here.” Here Rín stands for Rínar, since there would otherwise be too many syllables in the line.

Declension

    Strong declension of ofmargr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ofmargr	ofmǫrg	ofmart
accusative	ofmargan	ofmarga	ofmart
dative	ofmǫrgum	ofmargri	ofmǫrgu
genitive	ofmargs	ofmargrar	ofmargs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ofmargir	ofmargar	ofmǫrg
accusative	ofmarga	ofmargar	ofmǫrg
dative	ofmǫrgum	ofmǫrgum	ofmǫrgum
genitive	ofmargra	ofmargra	ofmargra