meiri

See also: měirì

Icelandic

Adjective

meiri

  1. inflection of mikill:
    1. masculine singular comparative degree
    2. feminine singular comparative degree
    3. plural comparative degree

Japanese

Romanization

meiri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めいり

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maizô, whence also Old English māra (English more), Old Frisian māra (West Frisian mear), Old Saxon mēro (Low German mehr), Dutch meer, Old High German mēro (German mehr), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

Adjective

meiri (superlative mestr)

  1. comparative degree of mikill

Declension

Adverb

meiri

  1. more

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), meira
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: meir; (dialectal) meire, meira
  • Swedish: mera
  • Danish: mere

References

  • meiri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Welsh

Noun

meiri

  1. plural of maer (mayor)

Mutation

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