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