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Scandinavian masc. proper name, popular with early kings, the first to use it was Magnus I, king of Norway and Denmark (d.1047), who evidently took it in emulation of Charlemagne (Latin Carolus Magnus) under the impression that magnus (Latin, literally "great;" see magnate) was a personal name.
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Magnus, meaning "great" in Latin, was sometimes used as a first name among Romans but was not particularly common among them. The best-known Roman bearing the name was the third-century usurper. The name gained wider popularity in the Middle Ages, various European peoples, and their royal houses, being introduced to it upon being converted to the Latin-speaking Catholic Christianity. This was especially the case with Scandinavian royalty and nobility.
As a Scandinavian forename, it was extracted from the Frankish ruler Charlemagne's Latin name "Carolus Magnus" and re-analyzed as Old Norse magn-hús = "power house".
Magnus may refer to:
Magnus (died 235) was a Roman usurper.
Magnus was a senator of consular rank. After the death of Emperor Alexander Severus there was much ill-feeling in the Senate about the elevation of Maximinus Thrax to the throne. A group of officers and senators under the leadership of Magnus plotted to overthrow Maximinus. Their plan was to have Roman soldiers destroy the bridge over the river Rhine, after Maximinus had brought the army across during his campaign against the Germans. Maximinus would be left stranded on the north bank of the Rhine, at the mercy of the Germans. Before it was realized, the plan was discovered and all conspirators executed.
Magnus is a Belgian joint dance project of Tom Barman (from the rock band dEUS) and CJ Bolland. Magnus' debut album, The Body Gave You Everything, was released on March 29, 2004. Two of its tracks, "Summer's Here" and "Jumpneedle", were released as singles.
"Summer's Here" (which uses a sample of Donald Byrd's song "Christo Redentor") and "Rhythm Is Deified" also appeared on the soundtrack of Barman's 2003 film Any Way the Wind Blows. In the years following their debut album, Tom Barman and CJ Bolland performed together as DJ's on several festivals.
After a long hiatus, the band released a second album in 2014 titled Where Neon Goes To Die. It was preceded by the single Singing Man, with vocals by Tom Smith, leader of Editors. Other guest vocalists on the album included David Eugene Edwards, Selah Sue, Mina Tindle, Tim Vanhamel, Billie Kawende and Portuguese female rap artist Blaya. Briefly after the release of the album, an alternate version of Singing Man was recorded with Mark Lanegan.
In December 2014, Magnus released Slecht Gaan, a collaboration with Dutch rap act De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig which wasn't featured on Where Neon Goes To Die.
Magnus, in comics, may refer to:
- Magnus Lehnsherr, an alternate reality Marvel Comics character; the son of Rogue and Magneto
- Magnus the Sorcerer, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Magnus, Robot Fighter, a comics character created by Russ Manning
- Will Magnus, a scientist character in the DC Comics universe
Bishop Magnus I, or Mauno, was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku between 1291 and 1308. He was the first bishop who is known to have been born in Finland. He also helped to complete the Christianization of Finland started by St. Henry.
In 1300, Bishop Magnus translated the relics of St. Henry during a period of consolidation of religious and secular power in Medieval Northern Europe.
Flavius Magnus (c. 390 or 405–475) was a Roman Senator of Narbonne (then Narbo). He was appointed Consul of Rome with Flavius Apollonius in 460 by the Emperor Majorian, and later served as praetorian prefect of Gaul in 469.
Magnus is a novel by the Orcadian author George Mackay Brown. His second novel, it was published in 1973. it is a fictional account of the life and execution of the twelfth century Saint, Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney.
Magnus was Archbishop of Milan from 518 to c. 530. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Magnús is a 1989 Icelandic film directed by Þráinn Bertelsson.
Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born November 6, 1986) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently working for Global Force Wrestling (GFW), where he is the GFW Global Champion in his first reign. He is best known for working with American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Magnus, where he is a former one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.
He is the third English world heavyweight champion in professional wrestling history after Gary Steele with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1999 and Nigel McGuiness with the ROH World Championship in 2007, although TNA recognises him as the first.
Aldis also appeared on the United Kingdom revival of Gladiators, where he was known by the name Oblivion. Aldis, working under his real name, is also a co-presenter of Britain's Strongest Man on Challenge TV in the United Kingdom.
Magnus is a given name and surname.
Magnus may also refer to:
- Magnus Forteman, a legendary Frisian general who fought in Rome
- Magnus (band), a Belgian band
- Magnus (novel), a fictionalised account of the life of Magnus Erlendsson by George Mackay Brown
- Magnus, a novel by Sylvie Germain and winner of the 2005 Goncourt Lycéens Prize
- Magnús (film), an Icelandic 1989 film by Þráinn Bertelsson
- Magnus effect, a physics phenomenon
- Magnus Harmonica Corporation, a defunct manufacturer of harmonicas and reed organs
- Magnus cards, an element of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
- Magnus, Robot Fighter, a comic book character battling rogue robots in the year 4000
- Daewoo Magnus, an automobile
- Magnus, the ring name of Nick Aldis, a professional wrestler
- Magnus, the pen name of late Roberto Raviola, an Italian cartoonist
Magnus (born February 17, 1993 in Mexico City) is a Mexican reality TV personality and luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico ("good guy") wrestling character. Magnus's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico when their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. His ring name was inspired by Magnus Maximus, a Roman Emperor (335–388)
Usage examples of "magnus".
This cycle of change was of old called the Annus Magnus, or great year.
Ian Hope and his brither Magnus went west, but Ian nivver came hame again.
Quorum omnis postea multitudo aquatorum unum in locum conveniebat sub ipsius oppidi murum, ubi magnus fons aquae prorumpebat ab ea parte, quae fere pedum CCC intervallo fluminis circuitu vacabat.
Magnus, whereas it gives Caesar a chance he could never have had when the College of Pontifices chose its own Pontifex Maximus.
Another trick was to leave flaccid that part of the serratus magnus which is attached to the inferior angle of the scapula whilst he roused energetic contraction in the rhomboids.
I will go look for Magnus while you and Caitlin head for Striga Meadow.
Had Basterga, assailing him from a different side, broached the precise story to which, in the case of Agrippa or Albertus Magnus, the Syndic was prepared to give credence, he had certainly received the overture with suspicion if not with contempt.
Mucia Tertia, is now married to that young upstart from Picenum, Gnaeus Pompeius who has the temerity to call himself Magnus.
Absently, I closed the traveling basket, trying to think of something cheerful to say, but all that came into my mind was the sad thought that if Magnus had married Mary, he would probably have preferred Thirl, which was closer to her estate and that Donald would have been willing to make the exchange.
I do not find that Throme, I may not have the one thing I want: the sad-eyed Damsen of Magnus Thrall.
Magnus, this is Angela Abruzzi, a Hollywood realtor and possible business partner of mine.
We encounter for example the rectus femoris, the saphenous nerve, the iliotibial tract, the femoral artery, the vastus medialis, the vastus lateralis, the vastus intermedius, the gracilis, the adductor magnus, the adductor longus, the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve and other simple premechanical devices of this nature.
Now you know all there is to know about the Magnus effect and the Flettner sail, except that they are approximately ten times as efficient as traditional sails of the same area.
Magnus ibi numerus pecoris repertus, multique in fuga sunt comprehensi atque interfecti.
However, the ambitious side of Harold Magnus was quite willing to forgo langouste and canard, in order to eat littlenecks and rib roast with the boss.