Magu-rinc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Magu-rinc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 magu-rinc

m. A child, young man, a man, warrior :-- Se magorinc sceal wesan Ismahel háten, Cd. 104; Th. 138, 2; Gen. 2285 : (Isaac), 106; Th. 140, 15; Gen. 2328. Ða magorincas (youths), Abraham and Loth, 82; Th. 103, 6; Gen. 1714 : (Cato and Brutus), Bt. Met. Fox 10, 111; Met. 10, 56. Cwom LX monna . . ne meahton magorincas ofer mere feolan, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 9; Rä. 23, 5. Magorinca heáp (the men in Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 1464; B. 730. Magorinca mód, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 51; Met. 1, 26. magu-rinc

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚷᚢ-ᚱᛁᚾᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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