myr

Borrowed from Norwegian myr, from Old Norse mýrr.

myr c (singular definite myren, plural indefinite myrer)

1. (Norway) swamp

   Synonym: mose

• Norwegian Bokmål: myr

• “myr” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Middle Irish immar. Cognate with Irish mar.

myr

1. like, as

   Myr va mee gra...

   As I said...

myr f

1. Alternative form of mure.

From Old Norse mýrr.

myr f or m (definite singular myra or myren, indefinite plural myrer, definite plural myrene)

1. bog, marsh, swamp

• torvmyr

• “myr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō. Akin to English mire.

• IPA^(key): /myːr/

myr f (definite singular myra, indefinite plural myrar or myrer, definite plural myrane or myrene)

1. a bog, marsh, swamp

Historical inflection of myr indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1 ei Myr Myri Myrar Myrarna 1901 myrarne (myrane) 1917 myra, myri myrane 1938 myra [myri] myrar [myrer] myrane [myrene] 2012 (current) ei myr myra myrar, myrer myrane, myrene Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

myr

1. present tense of myrja
2. imperative of myrja

• “myr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Old Norse mýrr.

myr

1. a bog, (less specifically) a moor, a wetland

Inherited from Old Norse mýrr.

• Rhymes: -yːr

myr c

1. a bog, (less specifically) a moor, a wetland

• kärr (“fen”)
• mosse (“raised bog”)

• myrmalm
• myrmark (“marshland, bogland”)
• myrspov
• myrtall

• våtmark (“wetland”)

• myr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• myr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• myr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• rym

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɪr/

myr

1. Nasal mutation of byr (“short”).