Margr

Old Norse Dictionary - margr

Meaning of Old Norse word "margr" in English.

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

margr Old Norse word can mean:

margr: adj., fem. mörg. neut. margt, usually spelt and pronounced mart; compar. fleiri, q. v.; superl. flestr; [Ulf. manags = πολύς; A. S. manig; Engl. many: O. H. G. manag; Dutch mennig; Germ. manche; the n is found in all South-Teutonic languages, and the word is explained by Grimm as a compd from mann (homo) and the suffix -gi (-cunque); the Norse margr is the same word, having only changed the n into r, for the n remains in a few derivatives, as mengi (a crowd), menga (to blend), manga, q. v.: in mod. Swed. and Dan. the n has been resumed from intercourse with the Germ.; Dan. mange; early Swed. marger, but mod. Swed. mânga]:—many; munu margir þess gjalda, Nj. 2; meiri er veiðr í Flosa en mörgum öðrum, 232; marga þína muni, Ld. 102; særðr mörgum sárum … mörgum mönnum, … margir menn, FmS. x. 370; margir slíkir, many such. Nj. 6; marga penninga, Dipl. ii. 10.

margr: 2. sing. in a collect. sense, both as subst. and adj.; mart man, FmS. i. 185; margr maðr, Fb. i. 241; margr sá fróðr þvkkisk, Hm. 29; þviat margr man þik öfunda, þvíat margr mun þar at þér víkja, Nj. 47; skipask margr vel við góðan búning, FmS. vi. 208; hefir þó margr hlotið um sárt at binda, Nj. 54; hann hafði látið slá skipa-saum margan, a great quantity of, FmS. ix. 377: margr er knár þó hann sé smár; ber mér jafnan mart á góma, vi. 208; margs vitandi, Vsp. 20; mart er mér vel hent at göra, Nj. 54; tala mart, 194; heyra mart en tala fátt, Hallgr.; spyrja mjök margs, Ld. 88; fyrir margs sakir, for many reasons, FmS. vi. 215; ok þykkir lítt fyrir (í) mörgu þat at tala, xi. 108; mart manna, many people, Eg. 134, Nj. 194: í mörgu, in many respects, in many things, 625. 82, Fb. iii. 246; fróð at mörgu, Nj. 194; margs alls, quite great, adverb., Am. 8, 92.

margr: II. metaph. friendly, communicative (cp. fár); höfum vit nú hvarttveggja reynt, at mart hefir verit um með okkr ok fátt, Gísl. 17; ekki var mart með þeim, FmS. x. 78; svá er, frændi, at með okkr hefir verit ekki mart, Ld. 106; þó var hann margr við Árna biskup ok fréttinn af Íslandi, BS. i. 776.

margr: III. margr is used as a subst., in the saying, eigi má við margnum, no one can stand against many, against odds; en þó mátti hann eigi við marginum um síðir, at last he was overthrown, Bær. 14; kom at því sem mælt er, at ekki má við margnum, FS. 89, FmS. xi. 278. margs-konar and margs-kyns, adv. of many kinds, various, FS. 63, Edda 38, Hkr. i. 5, FmS. i. 185, Eg. 517, passim.

margr: B. COMPDS: margbreytinn, margbreytni, margbrotinn, margbrugðinn, margdýrr, margfalda, margfaldan, margfaldleikr, margfaldliga, margfaldligr, margfaldr, margfróðgjarn, margfróðr, margfræði, margfrömuðr, margfætla, margháttaðr, margheyrðr, marghrossa, margkunnandi, margkunnigr, margkunnindi, margkvíslaðr, margkvíslóttr, margkvæmt, margkyndugr, marglátr, margleiki, margliga, marglitr, marglyndr, marglæti, margmálugr, margmenni, margmennr, margmælgi, margmæli, margmæltr, margopt, margorðr, margprettóttr, margræða, margræddr, margræðinn, margsinnis, margslægr, margsmugall, margspakr, margstaðar, margtalaðr, margteitr, margtítt, margvitr, margvísliga, margvísligr, margvíss, margyrðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

ch.: chapter.

compar.: comparative.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

fem.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

neut.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pl.: plural.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

superl.: superlative.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

adverb.: adverbially.

collect.: collective.

sing.: singular.

subst.: substantive.

cp.: compare.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

adv.: adverb.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

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

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Hallgr.: Hallgrímr Pétrsson.

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Bær.: Bærings Saga. (G. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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