mætr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mētiz (“estimable”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

Adjective

mætr

  1. costly, excellent, worthy

Declension

Strong declension of mætr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætr mæt mætt
accusative mætan mæta mætt
dative mætum mætri mætu
genitive mæts mætrar mæts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætir mætar mæt
accusative mæta mætar mæt
dative mætum mætum mætum
genitive mætra mætra mætra
Weak declension of mætr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mæti mæta mæta
accusative mæta mætu mæta
dative mæta mætu mæta
genitive mæta mætu mæta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætu mætu mætu
accusative mætu mætu mætu
dative mætum mætum mætum
genitive mætu mætu mætu
Declension of comparative of mætr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætari mætari mætara
accusative mætara mætari mætara
dative mætara mætari mætara
genitive mætara mætari mætara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætari mætari mætari
accusative mætari mætari mætari
dative mæturum mæturum mæturum
genitive mætari mætari mætari
Strong declension of superlative of mætr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætastr mætust mætast
accusative mætastan mætasta mætast
dative mætustum mætastri mætustu
genitive mætasts mætastrar mætasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætastir mætastar mætust
accusative mætasta mætastar mætust
dative mætustum mætustum mætustum
genitive mætastra mætastra mætastra
Weak declension of superlative of mætr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætasti mætasta mætasta
accusative mætasta mætustu mætasta
dative mætasta mætustu mætasta
genitive mætasta mætustu mætasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætustu mætustu mætustu
accusative mætustu mætustu mætustu
dative mætustum mætustum mætustum
genitive mætustu mætustu mætustu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mætur
  • Faroese: mætur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mæt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mæt

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mætr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 306; also available at the Internet Archive
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