mærr

See also: märr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mērijaz (“famous”). Cognate with Old English mǣre, Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, the second part of Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wailamereis, “laudable”)[1].

Adjective

mærr (comparative mærri, superlative mærstr)

  1. famous, glorious, illustrious

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Märchen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN
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