Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *maguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (“boy”). Cognates include Old English mago, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus).

Noun

*ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ (*maguʀ) m

1. boy, son
   • c. 200–500, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone:

     ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟᛗᚨᚷᚢᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ

     hadulaikaʀ ¶ ekhagustadaʀ ¶ hlaaiwidomaguminino

     /Hadulaikaʀ. ek Hagustaldaʀ hlaiwidō magu mīninō./

     Hadulaikaʀ [lies here]. I, Hagustaldaʀ, buried my boy.

   • c. 5th century, Vetteland stone (N KJ60, NIæR39)

     [ ]ᚠᛚᚨᚷᛞᚨ ᚠᚨᛁᚲᛁᚾᚨᛉ ᛁᛊᛏ
     [ ]ᛗᚨᚷᛟᛉ ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛊ ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ
     [ ]ᛞᚨᛉ ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ

     [ ]flagda faikinaʀ ist
     [ ]magoʀ minas staina
     [ ]daʀ faihido

     ... is menaced by fiends.
     [I, N.N., raised] my boy's stone.
     [I], ...daz, painted [the runes].

Declension

• (accusative singular) — ᛗᚨᚷᚢ (magu /⁠magu⁠/)
• (genitive singular) — ᛗᚨᚷᛟᛉ (magoʀ /⁠magōʀ⁠/)

Descendants

• Old Norse: mǫgr, ᛘᛅᚴᚢᛦ (makuʀ)
  • Icelandic: mögur