mágr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“kin”).[1] Cognate to Old English mǣġ, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, “son-in-law”).
Noun
mágr m
- a male relative by marriage (kin to one’s spouse or spouse to one’s kin); son-in-law, father-in-law or brother-in-law
References
- Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Mage”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN
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