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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *magraz, whence also Old English mæġer, Old High German magar (“thin; meager”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
Adjective
magr (comparative magrari, superlative magrastr)
- thin
- meager, meagre
Declension
Strong declension of magr
Declension of comparative of magr
Strong declension of superlative of magr
Weak declension of superlative of magr
Descendants
References
- “magr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press