# maðr
## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mannz, whence also Old Saxon mann, Old English mann, Old High German man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna). Probably ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *mon-. The change *-nnz > -ðr in the nominative singular is a regular feature of Old Norse; compare with aðrir (m.nom.pl. of annarr), guðr and saðr.

### Noun

maðr m (genitive manns, plural menn)
* human, man, person
** verse 47 of the Hávamál
    Maðr er manns gaman.Man is man's joy.
** 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 mǫnnumamong men
    karlmenn ok kvennmennMale and female persons
* degree (of kinship)

#### Usage notes

* Medieval scribes sometimes abbreviated maðr to ᛘ (m).
* Although being grammatically masculine, and being cognate of Modern English man, this noun usually refers to a person irrespective of gender. Confer with karlmaðr and kvennmaðr.

#### 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”)
* lǫgmaðr m (“lawspeaker”)
* 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”)
* manndráp n (“murder”)
* manndrápari m (“man-slayer”)
* 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 Nynorsk: mann; (dialectal) mann’e, man
** Russenorsk: мань (manʹ)
* Jamtish: mǫnn (1000s Runic ᛘᚭᚦᚱ (mąþr))
* Elfdalian: mað (accusative mann)
* Old Swedish: maþer, madher, mander, man
** Swedish: man
* Old Danish: man
** Scanian: manð
** Danish: mand
*** Norwegian Bokmål: mann
* Old Gutnish: maþr, mandr
** Gutnish: man

### See also

* ᛘ (m)

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “maðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 284; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/284 Internet Archive]