See also: märr

Old Norse

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (māriz) (attested in ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (wajemariʀ /⁠wajēmāriz⁠/, ill-famous, of poor repute)), from earlier Proto-Germanic *mērijaz (famous). Cognate with Old English mǣre, Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, the second part of Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wailamēreis, laudable).[1]

Adjective

edit

mærr (comparative mærri, superlative mærstr)

  1. famous, glorious, illustrious

Declension

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Icelandic: mær (obsolete)
  • Old Swedish: mǣr

References

edit
  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Märchen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  NODES
Note 1