mjór

• mjár, mær

From Old Norse mjór (also mjár, mær).

• IPA^(key): /mjouːr/

  Rhymes: -ouːr

mjór (comparative mjórri, superlative mjóstur)

1. thin, slender

   Synonyms: grannur, magur, (obsolete) svangur

2. narrow

   Synonym: þröngur

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “mjór”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “mjór” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “mjór”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)

• mjár, mær

From Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (“slim, narrow”).

mjór

1. thin, slender, slim
2. pointed
3. narrow

   Antonym: breiðr

• Icelandic: mjór, mjár, mær
• Faroese: mjáur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mjå
• Norwegian Bokmål: mjå

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mjór”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 300; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)