Máligr

Old Norse Dictionary - máligr

Meaning of Old Norse word "máligr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

máligr Old Norse word can mean:

máligr: adj., in old writers contr. before a vowel, málgir, málgan, but mod. málugan, etc.:—talkative, communicative, ok sem hann var áðr m. varð hann þögull, Karl. 338; minnigr ok m., Hm. 102; hann (the boy) var brátt m. ok orðvíss, Eg. 147; verit eigi málgir í kirkju, be not talkative in church, Hom. (St.); en vér munum nú þess iðrask er vér várum of málgir, too rash in speaking, Hrafn. 9; þat er rétt at kennimenn görisk málgir (that they speak out) um þörf þeirra manna er þeir skulu varðveita, Hom. 35.

máligr: 2. loquacious, chattering, in a bad sense, and so in mod. usage; konungr svarar heldr styggt, verþú svá m. sem þú vill en lát mik ná at þegja fyrir þér, Fms. vii. 119; þeir vóru málgir mjök því at þeir vóru úvitrir, Nj. 15; þeir görask dauða-druknir … málgir mjök ok kátir, Fms. xi. 109; druknir af miði, þeir vóru málgir, viii. 81:—as a nickname, Þórhalla in málga, Th. the chatterbox, Ld.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

contr.: contracted.

etc.: et cetera.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

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