magr

See also: MAgr and mágr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *magraz, whence also Old English mæġer, Old High German magar (thin; meager). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Adjective

magr (comparative magrari, superlative magrastr)

  1. thin
  2. meager, meagre

Declension

Descendants

  • Danish: mager
  • Faroese: magur
  • Icelandic: magur
  • Norwegian: mager (Bokmål), mager (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: mager

References

  • magr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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