mágr

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See also: magr and MAgr

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (kin).[1] Cognate to Old English mǣġ, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, son-in-law).

Noun[edit]

mágr m

  1. a male relative by marriage (kin to one’s spouse or spouse to one’s kin); son-in-law, father-in-law or brother-in-law

Descendants[edit]

  • Faroese: mágur
  • Icelandic: mágur
  • Norwegian: måg
  • Swedish: måg
  • Danish: måg (archaic)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Mage”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN