mære

See also: maere

Danish

Noun

mære c

  1. indefinite plural of mær

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæː.re/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Cognate with Middle Dutch mēre, Old Norse landamæri (“border-marks between lands”).

Noun

mǣre n

  1. boundary, border
Declension

Strong ja-stem:

singular plural
nominative mǣre mǣru
accusative mǣre mǣru
genitive mǣres mǣra
dative mǣre mǣrum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: mere
    • English: mere
    • ⇒ Yola: pulmere

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“famous”).

Cognates

Cognate with Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, Old Norse mærr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros) (in ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”)), Old Irish már (Scottish Gaelic mòr, compare English claymore), Welsh mawr (“big”).

Germanic mār-, mǣr- is also used in Germanic given names, such as Swedish Ingemar, English Aylmer, Italian Ademaro, German Dietmar, French Omer etc. Its Indo-European ancestor is conserved in Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ), as in the Russian given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), and in Gaulish given names as Segomārus and Viridomārus.

Adjective

mǣre (comparative mǣrra, superlative mǣrost or mǣrest)

  1. famous, renowned
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,
      wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre,
      ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,
      The warriors took away the strength of spears,
      killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous
      and the storms hit these stone slopes,
  2. pure
  3. (of money) sterling
Declension
Declension of mǣre — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mǣre mǣru, mǣro mǣre
Accusative mǣrne mǣre mǣre
Genitive mǣres mǣrre mǣres
Dative mǣrum mǣrre mǣrum
Instrumental mǣre mǣrre mǣre
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mǣre mǣra, mǣre mǣru, mǣro
Accusative mǣre mǣra, mǣre mǣru, mǣro
Genitive mǣrra mǣrra mǣrra
Dative mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
Instrumental mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
Declension of mǣre — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mǣra mǣre mǣre
Accusative mǣran mǣran mǣre
Genitive mǣran mǣran mǣran
Dative mǣran mǣran mǣran
Instrumental mǣran mǣran mǣran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mǣran mǣran mǣran
Accusative mǣran mǣran mǣran
Genitive mǣrra, mǣrena mǣrra, mǣrena mǣrra, mǣrena
Dative mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
Instrumental mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
Descendants
  • Middle English: mere
    • English: mere (“just, only”) (partially)
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