myre

See also: Myre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish myræ, from Old Norse maurr, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís (“ant”), cognate with Icelandic maur. Compare Dutch mier, Serbo-Croatian мрав.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /myːrə/, [ˈmyːɐ]

Noun

myre c (singular definite myren, plural indefinite myrer)

  1. ant

Declension

Declension of myre
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative myre myren myrer myrerne
genitive myres myrens myrers myrernes

Verb

myre (imperative myr, infinitive at myre, present tense myrer, past tense myrede, perfect tense myret)

  1. (dated) to swarm

Conjugation

Conjugation of myre
active passive
present myrer myres
past myrede myredes
infinitive myre myres
imperative myr —
participle
present myrende
past myret
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund myren

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

myre

  1. alternative form of mire (“mire”)

Etymology 2

Noun

myre

  1. alternative form of mire (“ant”)

Etymology 3

Verb

myre

  1. alternative form of myren

Etymology 4

Noun

myre

  1. alternative form of mirre
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