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 *mh₂ḱros.

Adjective

magr

thin
meager, meagre

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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