muru – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms of muru

Noun: muru
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.muru
Pl.murur

Definite

Sg.murua
Pl.murune

Sample Sentences

  • Murua var atterganger etter ugifte kvinnfolk som ikkje hadde hatt mann, sa dei gamle[.] (The mare[s were] the ghost[s] of unmarried womenfolk which never had had a man, said the old ones.) [1954, Lars M. Fjellstad, “Murua”, in Haugfolk og trollskap, page 18:]
  • Krøteri var ute for muro, dei med. (Even the cattle were exposed to the mare-wight.) [1918, Gamalt fraa Numedal, volume 3, Gunleikson, page 24:]

Nouns inflected like muru

muru,

Etymology

Metaphony of Old Norse mǫru, oblique singular forms of mara. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, whence also modern English mare (“evil spirit”). See: English Nouns 'mare'.

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