MÝRR
nafnorðkvenkyn
f., mod. mýri, gen. mýrar, dat. and acc. mýri, pl. mýrar; [Engl. moor and mire]:—a moor, bog, swamp, Hkr. i. 55, Hrafn. 27, Eg. 409, 710, Nj. 203, Fs. 50, 65, Gullþ. 14, Fms. vi. 334, xi. 26, Sks. 85, Sturl. i. 179: for the old custom of putting criminals to death in fens see Gkv. 3. 11, Jómsv. S. ch. 7, Kjaln. S. ch. 2, Tacit. Germ. ch. 12:—freq. in local names, Mýri, Mýrar, whence Mýra-menn, Mýramanna-kyn, m. pl. the men from the county M., name of a family; Álpta-mýrr, Rauða-mýrr, Landn., map of Iceland.