Mágr
Old Norse Dictionary - mágrMeaning of Old Norse word "mágr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
mágr Old Norse word can mean:
- mágr
- m. [Ulf. mêgs = γαμβρός; Scot. mac; O. H. G. mac; Dan. maag]:—a brother-, father-, son-in-law, etc.; hón bauð til sín frændum sínum ok mágum, she bade her kinsmen and mágar (brothers- and sons-in-law), Landn. 117; vill Rútr görask mágr þinn (son-in-law) ok kaupa dóttur þína, Nj. 3, as also Ísl. ii. 250, Eg. 37; cp. the saying, eigi má göra tvá mága at einni dóttur, Fas. iii. 59: ironically, Nj. 94, n. G. l. i. 358: of a father-in-law, Laban mág sinn, Stj. 172; Davíð tók konungdóm eptir Sál mág sinn, Rb. 382: in plur., skilmáli þeirra mága (father-in-law and son-in-law), Stj. 172, Fms. ix. 496; of brothers-in-law, en er þeir mágar finnask, Ó. H. 90; Ólafr mágr, 166.
- mágr
- COMPDS: mágsefni, mágastoð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- plur.
- plural.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)