Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ

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Proto-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *maguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (boy). Cognates include Old English mago, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus).

Noun

*ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ (*maguʀm

  1. boy, son
    • c. 200–500, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone[1]:
      ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟᛗᚨᚷᚢᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ
      hadulaikaʀ ¶ ekhagustadaʀ ¶ hlaaiwidomaguminino
      /Hadulaikaʀ. ek Hagustaldaʀ hlaiwidō magu mīninō./
      Hadulaikaʀ . I, Hagustaldaʀ, buried my boy.
    • c. 5th century, Vetteland stone (N KJ60, NIæR39)
      [ ]ᚠᛚᚨᚷᛞᚨ ᚠᚨᛁᚲᛁᚾᚨᛉ ᛁᛊᛏ
      [ ]ᛗᚨᚷᛟᛉ ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛊ ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ
      [ ]ᛞᚨᛉ ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ
      [ ]flagda faikinaʀ ist
      [ ]magoʀ minas staina
      [ ]daʀ faihido
      ... is menaced by fiends.
      my boy's stone.
      , ...daz, painted .

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Norse: mǫgr, ᛘᛅᚴᚢᛦ (makuʀ)
    • Icelandic: mögur

References

  1. ^ Inscription/entry N KJ75 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2024.