mǫlr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *maluz, from Proto-Indo-European *molH-(y)o-, from *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). See also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉 (malō) and German Milbe.
Noun
editmǫlr m (genitive malar, plural melir)
Declension
edit Declension of mǫlr (strong u-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: mölur
- Faroese: mølur
- Danish: møl
- Norwegian Bokmål: møll
- Norwegian Nynorsk: møll; mòl (archaic)
- Old Swedish: mal, møl
- Swedish: mal
References
edit- mölr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.