mǫgr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

ᛘᛅᚴᚢᛦ (makuʀ)

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ (*maguʀ, “boy, son”) (attested in the accusative and genitive singular), from Proto-Germanic *maguz (“boy”). Cognate with Old English magu, Old Saxon magu, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (“boy”).

Pronunciation

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ̃ɣr̩/

Noun

mǫgr m (genitive magar, plural megir)

son, boy, youth
- Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 3-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 1:
  […] meiri ok minni / mǫgu Heimdallar; […]
  greater and smaller / sons of Heimdall;

Declension

Declension of mǫgr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mǫgr	mǫgrinn	megir	megirnir
accusative	mǫg	mǫginn	mǫgu	mǫguna
dative	megi	meginum	mǫgum	mǫgunum
genitive	magar	magarins	maga	maganna

Derived terms

Terms derived from mǫgr

Ásmegir (“the Aesir”)
dróttmegir (“sons of men”)
hermegir (“warriors”)
ljóðmegir (“the people”)
magararfi (“son's heir”)
Mǫgþrasir (“name of a giant”)
sessmegir (“benchmates”)

Descendants

Icelandic: mögur

References

mǫgr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
mǫgr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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