margr

Old Norse

Either an independent word from Proto-Germanic *margaz related to mor and merja, or derived from mangr (< Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many, much”)) under the influence of such words. Cognate with Old English maneġ, maniġ, Old Frisian monech, manich, monich, manch, Old Saxon manag, maneg, Old Dutch manag, Old High German manag, manac, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags).

margr (comparative fleiri, superlative flestr)

Strong declension of margr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	margr	mǫrg	margt, mart
accusative	margan	marga	margt, mart
dative	mǫrgum	margri	mǫrgu
genitive	margs	margrar	margs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	margir	margar	mǫrg
accusative	marga	margar	mǫrg
dative	mǫrgum	mǫrgum	mǫrgum
genitive	margra	margra	margra

Weak declension of margr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	margi	marga	marga
accusative	marga	mǫrgu	marga
dative	marga	mǫrgu	marga
genitive	marga	mǫrgu	marga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǫrgu	mǫrgu	mǫrgu
accusative	mǫrgu	mǫrgu	mǫrgu
dative	mǫrgum	mǫrgum	mǫrgum
genitive	mǫrgu	mǫrgu	mǫrgu

Declension of comparative of margr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleiri	fleiri	fleira
accusative	fleira	fleiri	fleira
dative	fleira	fleiri	fleira
genitive	fleira	fleiri	fleira
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleiri	fleiri	fleiri
accusative	fleiri	fleiri	fleiri
dative	fleirum	fleirum	fleirum
genitive	fleiri	fleiri	fleiri

Strong declension of superlative of margr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flestr	flest	flestt
accusative	flestan	flesta	flestt
dative	flestum	flestri	flestu
genitive	flests	flestrar	flests
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flestir	flestar	flest
accusative	flesta	flestar	flest
dative	flestum	flestum	flestum
genitive	flestra	flestra	flestra

Weak declension of superlative of margr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flesti	flesta	flesta
accusative	flesta	flestu	flesta
dative	flesta	flestu	flesta
genitive	flesta	flestu	flesta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flestu	flestu	flestu
accusative	flestu	flestu	flestu
dative	flestum	flestum	flestum
genitive	flestu	flestu	flestu

margr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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