mære

See also: maere

Danish

Noun

mære c

  1. indefinite plural of mær

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæː.re/

Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *mairī, from Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Cognate with Middle Dutch mêre, Old Norse landamæri (“border-marks between lands”).

    Noun

    mǣre n

    1. boundary, border
    Declension

    Strong ja-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative mǣre mǣru
    accusative mǣre mǣru
    genitive mǣres mǣra
    dative mǣre mǣrum
    Derived terms
    • ġemǣre
    • mǣrāc
    • mǣrapeldre
    • mǣrbrōc
    • mǣrdīċ
    • mǣrheġ
    • mǣrpytt
    • mǣrstān
    • mǣrþorn
    • mǣrweġ
    Descendants
    • Middle English: mere
      • English: mere
      • ⇒ Yola: pulmere

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“famous”).

      Cognates

      Cognate with Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, Old Norse mærr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros) (in ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”)), Old Irish már (Scottish Gaelic mòr, compare English claymore), Welsh mawr (“big”).

      Germanic mār-, mǣr- is also used in Germanic given names, such as Swedish Ingemar, English Aylmer, Italian Ademaro, German Dietmar, French Omer etc. Its Indo-European ancestor is conserved in Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ), as in the Russian given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), and in Gaulish given names as Segomārus and Viridomārus.

      Adjective

      mǣre (comparative mǣrra, superlative mǣrost or mǣrest)

      1. great, excellent, splendid, illustrious, sublime
      2. distinguished, celebrated
      3. widely known, famous, renowned
        • 10th century, The Wanderer:
          Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,
          wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre,
          ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,
          The warriors took away the strength of spears,
          killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous
          and the storms hit these stone slopes,
      4. pure, genuine
      5. (of money) sterling
      Declension
      Declension of mǣre — Strong
      Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
      Nominative mǣre mǣru, mǣro mǣre
      Accusative mǣrne mǣre mǣre
      Genitive mǣres mǣrre mǣres
      Dative mǣrum mǣrre mǣrum
      Instrumental mǣre mǣrre mǣre
      Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
      Nominative mǣre mǣra, mǣre mǣru, mǣro
      Accusative mǣre mǣra, mǣre mǣru, mǣro
      Genitive mǣrra mǣrra mǣrra
      Dative mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
      Instrumental mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
      Declension of mǣre — Weak
      Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
      Nominative mǣra mǣre mǣre
      Accusative mǣran mǣran mǣre
      Genitive mǣran mǣran mǣran
      Dative mǣran mǣran mǣran
      Instrumental mǣran mǣran mǣran
      Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
      Nominative mǣran mǣran mǣran
      Accusative mǣran mǣran mǣran
      Genitive mǣrra, mǣrena mǣrra, mǣrena mǣrra, mǣrena
      Dative mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
      Instrumental mǣrum mǣrum mǣrum
      Derived terms
      • mǣr-
      Descendants
      • Middle English: mere
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