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
    Strong declension of magr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative magr mǫgr magrt
accusative magran magra magrt
dative mǫgrum magri mǫgru
genitive magrs magrar magrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative magrir magrar mǫgr
accusative magra magrar mǫgr
dative mǫgrum mǫgrum mǫgrum
genitive magra magra magra
    Weak declension of magr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative magri magra magra
accusative magra mǫgru magra
dative magra mǫgru magra
genitive magra mǫgru magra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǫgru mǫgru mǫgru
accusative mǫgru mǫgru mǫgru
dative mǫgrum mǫgrum mǫgrum
genitive mǫgru mǫgru mǫgru
    Declension of comparative of magr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative magrari magrari magrara
accusative magrara magrari magrara
dative magrara magrari magrara
genitive magrara magrari magrara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative magrari magrari magrari
accusative magrari magrari magrari
dative mǫgrurum mǫgrurum mǫgrurum
genitive magrari magrari magrari
    Strong declension of superlative of magr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative magrastr mǫgrust magrast
accusative magrastan magrasta magrast
dative mǫgrustum magrastri mǫgrustu
genitive magrasts magrastrar magrasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative magrastir magrastar mǫgrust
accusative magrasta magrastar mǫgrust
dative mǫgrustum mǫgrustum mǫgrustum
genitive magrastra magrastra magrastra
    Weak declension of superlative of magr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative magrasti magrasta magrasta
accusative magrasta mǫgrustu magrasta
dative magrasta mǫgrustu magrasta
genitive magrasta mǫgrustu magrasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mǫgrustu mǫgrustu mǫgrustu
accusative mǫgrustu mǫgrustu mǫgrustu
dative mǫgrustum mǫgrustum mǫgrustum
genitive mǫgrustu mǫgrustu mǫgrustu

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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