Mær
Old Icelandic Dictionary - mærMeaning of Old Icelandic word "mær" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
mær Old Icelandic word can mean:
- mær
- I)
- mær
- a. = mjór (poet.).
- mær
- II)
- mær
- (gen. meyjar, dat. mey or meyju, acc. mey, pl. meyjar), f.
- mær
- 1) maid, girl, virgin (úfröm sem ungar meyjar);
- mær
- 2) poet. daughter, answering to mögr (þegi þú Frigg, þú ert Fjörgyns mær).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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