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

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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mögur

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “mǫgr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 443
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mögr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 307; also available at the Internet Archive
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