MÀGA, MÁGA, MÀGUM
varieties
The word (plural noun), meaning 'relatives'/'kinsmen' is used three times, all spelled differently: MÀGUM, MÀGA, MÁGA (edited to MÀGA for consistency 21-8-24).
cognates
- maag (plur. magen) - Dutch (archaic)
- māg - Old Saxon, Old High German
- mēch - Old Frisian
- mæg - Old English
- mægð (all relations through male descent or on the father's side together) - Old English
- māgr (relative by marriage) - Old Norse
- mēgs (son-in-law) - Gothic
dictionaries
- Etymologiebank/maag1
- gtb.ivdnt.org/VMNW=maag
- gtb.ivdnt.org/MNW=maag
- gtb.ivdnt.org/WNT=maag
- Koebler Oldfrisian dictionary ("mēch")
fragments
TO WILLE MINRA MÀGUM.
for the sake of my kinsmen.
THA STJURAR ... HÉDE HJARA SELVA MITH MÀGA AND SIBBA VPPIRA SKEPUM HRET.
Sandbach 1876 (p.161): The seafaring people ... had saved themselves, their goods[1], and their relations upon their ships.
Ott 2023: The navigators ... had saved themselves together with their close relatives and other kin upon their ships.
OWERS NE SKILUN HJA HJARA MÁGA NAVT WITHER NE FINDA.
or else they will no longer be able to find back their relatives.
notes
- ↑ goods was a mistake. Ottema had magen en bloedverwanten