Faroese

Noun

merki n (genitive singular merkis, plural merki or merkir)

1. sign, mark
2. banner, flag
3. Merkið, the Faroese flag

Derived terms

• leggja til merkis - to notice

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō ‎(“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- ‎(“edge, boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr̥cɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛr̥cɪ

Noun

merki n ‎(genitive singular merkis, nominative plural merki)

1. sign, mark
2. banner

Declension

Derived terms

• aðalmerki
• nafnháttarmerki
• strikamerki

Old Norse

Noun

merki ?

1. boundary

References

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