Proto-Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *magauz, genitive singular of *maguz.

Noun edit

ᛗᚨᚷᛟᛉ (magoʀ /magōʀ/)

  1. genitive singular of *ᛗᚨᚷᚢᛉ (*maguʀ)
    • 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., set] my son's stone.
      [I], ...daz, coloured [the runes].

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