mǫrk

See also: mörk and Mork

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *marką, cognate to German Mark.

Noun

mǫrk f (genitive merkr, plural merkr)

  1. mark, by weight or value, = eight ounces (átta aurar)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku) (attested in derived form ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (aljamarkiʀ /⁠aljamarkiʀ⁠/, “of a foreign borderland”)), from Proto-Germanic *markō.

Noun

mǫrk f (genitive markar or merkr)

  1. forest, woodland
  2. borderland, marches
Declension
Declension of mǫrk (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mǫrk mǫrkin markar markarnar
accusative mǫrk mǫrkina markar markarnar
dative mǫrk mǫrkinni mǫrkum mǫrkunum
genitive markar, merkr markarinnar, merkrinnar marka markanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: mörk
  • Faroese: mørk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mork, mark
  • Old Swedish: mark
  • Danish: mark
    • Norwegian Bokmål: mark
  • → Old Irish: marg
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