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
  • Swedish: märg

Further reading

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