Maðr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - maðr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "maðr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

maðr Old Icelandic word can mean:

maðr: (gen. manns, pl. menn, with the art. menninir), m.

maðr: 1) man (irrespective of sex), human being (guð skapaði síðarst menn tvá, er ættir eru frá komnar);

maðr: sýndi ~ manni, one showed it to another, it went from from hand to hand;

maðr: fjöldi manns, a great number of people;

maðr: múgr manns, crowd of people;

maðr: 2) degree in kinship;

maðr: vera at þriðja, fjórða, fimta manni, to be related in the third, fourth, fifth degree;

maðr: hann var manni firr en systrungr Bárðar, he was the son of a cousin of B.;

maðr: 3) man, opp. to kona (síðan fór hann til manna sinna).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

gen.: genitive.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

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