Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ

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This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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:
      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, 2025.