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Where does “magn” come from?

magn (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse magn — strength, power.

magn (Icelandic): power, strength; amount, quantity

Definitions

  1. power, strength; amount, quantity

Ancestry of “magn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemagnstrength, power

Words derived from “magn”

  • rafgreining
  • raf-
  • rafeind
  • rafmagn
  • rafstöð
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