Magn
Old Norse Dictionary - magn
Meaning of Old Norse word "magn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- magn
- n. [cp. megin and mega], main (as in ‘might and main’), strength; hver Guð hafa þér magn gefit? Bær. 9; trúa magni, Fas. i. 438 (in a verse); þótt magnit væri litið, Bs. i; sina-magn, the strength of the houghs, Vkv. 16; fyrir sakir magns munar, by main force, Bs. i. 679; vinds magn, Barl. 63; mátt ok magn, Fb. i. 259; meira magn, Bs. ii. 18; vera e-t um magn, to be beyond one’s power, too strong for one, Stj. 395; bera e-n magni, to overpower by main force, 512; hón segir at máttr skal at magni um liðveizlu við hann, she says that might shall go with main in helping him, Ó. H. 144; af magni, with might and main, Lex. Poët.; eptir öllu magni, id., Fms. viii. 104; er þat við meira magni, at þú gengr við slíkar meiðingar, it is a sorer thing that …, Bs. i. 531; magn flóttans = megin, Fb. ii. 615; magn ríkis síns, Al. 53: plur. goð-mögn (q. v.), see megin.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)