Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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

boy, son
- c. 200–500, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone^[1]:
  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

References

^ Inscription/entry N KJ75 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2025.

[1] Inscription/entry N KJ75 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2025.

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