MÖGR
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m., gen. magar, dat. megi, pl. megir, acc. mögu; [Ulf. magus = παις, Luke ii. 43, ix. 42, xv. 26; = τέκνον, ii. 28; A. S. magu; Hel. magu; Gael. mac; mögr is masc. answering to fem. A. S. mægð, Engl. maid, Germ. magd]:—prop. a boy, youth, and so, like παις, a son; mannskis mögr, no man’s son, Hm. 147: allit., mey ok mög, daughter and son, Vþm. 33; mæla við mög, Hðm. 23, Skm. 2; okkarn mög, 1; geta mög, Ls. 35, 36; megir Heimdalar, sons of H., Vsp. 1; maga þinna, Am. 79; mögr Sigföður, Vsp. 55; mögr Hlóðynjar, 56; megi hveðrungs, 55: míns magar, Gm. 24; magar Þóris, Ad. 16; magar Hallgarðs, Ht.: allit., mögr móður kallar, Grág. ii. 170; mögr fann ömmu, Hým. 2; ósk-mögr, a son by adoption, also a beloved son.
II. a mate, a man, Fm. 33; fífl-megir, Vsp. 51; víl-megir, sons of misery, slaves, Bm. 1; heipt-megir, enemies, Hm. 149; Muspells megir, the men of Muspell = demons, Ls.; her-megir, war-men, warriors, Hkv. 2. 4; Hropts-megir, the men of H. = the gods, Ls. 45; ljóð-megir, the people, Hkm.; sess-megir, bench-mates, Hm. 153; dag-megir, daysmen (?), Am. 61; Ás-megir, the Ases, gods, Fsm.; drótt-megir, the sons of men, Vþm. 11, 12.
III. in prose obsolete except in Mögr, a pr. name, dat. Mög, Bs. i. magar-arfi, a, m. a son’s heir, N. G. L. i. 206.