mergr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos.

Noun

mergr m (genitive mergjar, plural mergir)

  1. marrow

Declension

Declension of mergr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mergr mergrinn mergir mergirnir
accusative merg merginn mergi mergina
dative merg merginum mergjum mergjunum
genitive mergjar mergjarins mergja mergjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mergur
  • Faroese: mergur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: marg
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: merg
  • Norn: mergi
  • Danish: marv
  • Old Swedish: mærgher

Further reading

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