mǫgr

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)

  1. 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
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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