mágr

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See also: Mágr, magr, and MAgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“kin”).[1] Cognate to Old English mǣġ, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, “son-in-law”).

Noun

mágr m

  1. a male relative by marriage (kin to one’s spouse or spouse to one’s kin); son-in-law, father-in-law or brother-in-law

Descendants

  • Faroese: mágur
  • Icelandic: mágur
  • Norwegian: måg
  • Swedish: måg
  • Danish: måg (archaic)

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Mage”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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