maðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mannz, whence also Old Saxon man, Old English mann, Old High German man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna). Probably ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *man-.

The change *-nnz > -ðr in the nominative singular is regular.

Noun

maðr m (genitive manns, plural menn)

1. human, man
   • verse 47 of the Hávamál

     Maðr er manns gaman.

     Man is man's comfort.

   • verse 48 of the Hávamál

     Mildir, frœknir menn bazt lifa.

     Generous, bold men live best.

   • verse 52 of the Hávamál

     Mikit eitt skala manni gefa.

     One should not give a man a single large gift.

   Með mǫnnum.

   Among men.

   Matr er mannsins megin.

   Meat is man's main.

Usage notes

• Medieval scribes sometimes abbreviated maðr to ᛘ (m).

Declension

  Declension of maðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maðr	maðrinn	menn	mennirnir
accusative	mann	manninn	menn	mennirna
dative	manni	manninum	mǫnnum	mǫnnunum
genitive	manns	mannsins	manna	mannanna

Derived terms

• arfsalsmaðr m (“someone that has made someone else their heir”)
• arftǫkumaðr m (“inheritor”)
• athugamaðr m (“devout person”)
• banamaðr m (“killer”)
• blótmaðr m (“idolater”)
• bruðmaðr m (“bridegroom”)
• byrgismaðr m (“paramour”)
• eyjamaðr m (“islander”)
• karlmaðr m (“man”)
• kvennmaðr m (“woman”)
• mannabein n pl (“human bones”)
• mannabygð f (“inhabited district”)
• mannafli m (“strength in men”)
• mannaforráð n (“rule, dominion”)
• mannaforræði n (“rule, dominion”)
• mannafǫr f (“passage”)
• mannafǫr n pl (“men's footprints”)
• mannagrein f (“distinction of men”)
• mannahold n (“human flesh”)
• mannahús n pl (“men's houses”)
• mannakjǫt n (“human flesh”)
• mannalát n (“death”)
• mannamissir m (“loss of men”)
• mannamunr m (“difference of men”)
• mannamál n (“human voices, speach”)
• mannamót n (“meeting”)
• mannamúgr m (“crowd of people”)
• mannareið f (“body of horsemen”)
• mannasamnaðr m (“gathering of men”)
• mannaseta f (“men staying in a place”)
• mannaskipan f (“placing of people (at a banquet)”)
• mannaskipti n pl (“exchange of men”)
• mannaslóð f (“track of men”)
• mannaspor n pl (“footprints of men”)
• mannast (“to reach manhood”)
• mannasættir m (“peace-maker”)
• mannataka f (“reception of strangers”)
• mannauðn f (“depopulation”)
• mannavegr m (“a road where men pass”)
• mannaverk n pl (“work by human hands”)
• mannavist f (“human abode”)
• mannavǫld
• mannaðr (“manned; well-bred”)
• mannbjǫrg f (“the saving of life”)
• mannblót n (“human sacrifice”)
• mannbroddr m (“ice-spur”)
• mannbœtr m (“weregild”)
• manndauði m, manndauðr m (“mortality”)
• manndeild f (“difference of opinion”)
• manndjǫfull m (“fiend of a man”)
• manndrápari m (“man-slayer”)
• manndráp n (“murder”)
• manndygð f (“virtue”)
• manndáð f (“act of prowess”)
• manndómr m (“manliness, humanity”)
• manndýrðir f pl (“manly qualities”)
• manneldi n (“maintenance of a person”)
• manneygr, mannýgr (“vicious, dangerous”)
• mannfagnaðr m (“great entertainment”)
• mannfall n (“death (in battle)”)
• mannfang n
• mannfarmr m (“shipload of men”)
• mannferð f (“passing”)
• mannfjándi m (“human fiend”)
• mannfjǫldi m (“multitude”)
• mannfolk n (“mankind, men”)
• mannfróðr (“versed in history”)
• mannfrœði f (“history”)
• mannfundr m (“meeting”)
• mannfár (“having few men”)
• mannfæð f (“lack of people”)
• mannfóli m (“fool”)
• mannfýla f (“rascal”)
• mannfœrð f (“condition of a road”)
• mannfœða f, mannfœði n (“human food”)
• mannfǫr f (“passage”)
• manngarðr m (“ring of men”)
• manngersemi f (“paragon”)
• manngi (“nobody”)
• manngirnd f, manngirni f (“a longing for a husband”)
• manngjarn (“eager to marry”)
• manngjarnliga (“eagerly”)
• manngjǫld n pl (“weregild”)
• manngœzka f (“kindness”)
• mannhefnd f (“blood revenge”)
• mannheill f (“favour”)
• mannhelgr f (“inviolability of person, sanctuary”)
• mannhringr m (“circle of men”)
• mannhundr m (“scoundrel”)
• mannhár
• mannháski m (“danger of life”)
• mannhætta f (“danger of life”)
• mannhættr (“dangerous to life”)
• mannhæð f (“the height of a man”)
• mannhús n pl (“dwelling houses”)
• mannhǫfn f (“maintenance of a person”)
• mannillska f (“wickedness”)
• mannjafnaðr m (“comparison of men”)
• mannkind f (“human race”)
• mannkostir m pl (“virtues”)
• mannkvæmd f (“run of visitors”)
• mannlauss (“without a husband”)
• mannleysi n mannlæða, mannlæra f (“good-for-nothing fellow”)
• mannliga (“manfully”)
• mannligr (“human”) (adj.)
• mannlát n (“loss of life”)
• mannlíkan f (“image of man”)
• mannlýti n (“blemish”)
• mannlǫstr m (“blemish, fault”)
• mannmargr (“having many men”)
• mannmergð f (“host of people”)
• mannmetnaðr m (“honour, esteem”)
• mannmúgr m (“crowd of people”)
• mannníðingr m (“miscreant”)
• mannorð n (“fame, repute”)
• mannraun f (“trial”)
• mannráð n pl (“plots against a man's life”)
• mannsaldr m (“a man's life, generation”)
• mannsamnaðr m (“people assembled”)
• mannsbani m (“man-slayer”)
• mannsbarn n (“human being, living soul”)
• mannsblóð n (“human blood”)
• mannsbúkr m (“body, corpse”)
• mannsefni n (“makings of a man”)
• mannsekt f (“penalty paid in one's person”)
• mannsemi f (“manfulness”)
• mannsfylgja f (“fetch of a man”)
• mannshár n (“human hair”)
• mannshǫfuð n (“human head”)
• mannskapr m (“manfulness, manhood, valour”)
• mannskaði m (“loss of life, great loss in a person's death”)
• mannskelmir m (“rascal”)
• mannskepna f (“poor creature”)
• mannskona f (“married woman”)
• mannskræfa f (“miserable coward”)
• mannskœðr (“dangerous to life”)
• mannslíki n (“likeness of man”)
• mannsmynd f (“human form”)
• mannsmót n (“mark of a true man”)
• mannspell, mannspjall n (“honour, reputation”)
• mannstormr m (“rush of people”)
• mannsvit n (“man's wit”)
• mannsváði m (“loss of life”)
• mannsæfi f (“a man's lifetime”)
• mannsómi m (“honour, reputation”)
• manntak n (“manhood, pith”)
• manntal n (“muster, census”)
• manntapi m, manntjón n (“loss of life”)
• mannval n (“choice people”)
• mannvandr
• mannveiðr f (“seizing, catching of a man”)
• mannvilla f (“mistreatment of paternity”)
• mannvirki n (“work of human hands, great work”)
• mannvirðing f (“rank, reknown, honour”)
• mannvit n (“understanding”)
• mannvænligr, mannvænn (“hopeful, promising”)
• mannværr (“entitled to be with other men”)
• mannæta f (“cannibal”)
• mannúðigr (“gentle, affable”)
• mannþrǫng f (“throng of men”)
• mannþurfi (“in need of men”)
• mannœli n (“wretch”)
• menna (“to make a man of, breed”)
• menniligr (“manly”)
• mennska f (“human nature, humanity”)
• mennskr (“human”) (adj.); m ("human being")
• nauðmaðr m (“husband”)
• nauðungarmaðr m
• norðmaðr m (“Norseman”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: maður
• Faroese: maður
• Norn: mann
• Norwegian: mann
• Old Swedish: maþer, madher, mander, man
  • Swedish: man
• Old Danish: man
  • Danish: mand
• Old Gutnish: maþr
  • Gutnish: man
• Scanian: manð
• Elfdalian: mann