mire
Middle English
/miːr/, /myːr/, /ˈmiːr(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Marshy or swampy land; a mire or peat.
- A region of marshy or swampy land.
- A muddy or dirt-covered region.
- (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness; immoral behaviour.
- (rare) A quagmire or conundrum.
- (rare) A puddle or pond; a watery hollow.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse mýrr derived from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*miuzijō
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemire English
- enmire English
- mire English
- mireland English
- miry English
- pickmire English
- pismire English
- quagmire English
- myr Norwegian Bokmål
- *miuzijō Proto-Germanic
- *miuzī Proto-Germanic
- myr Norwegian Nynorsk
- myre Middle English
- myren Middle English
- myrre Middle English
- pisse Middle English
- pissemyre Middle English
- mýrr Old Norse
- mýri Icelandic
- mýra Faroese
- mýri Faroese
- myyr Westrobothnian