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==Personal name== Maccus is a personal name which is first attested and possibly coined in the tenth century, the name Maccus, later also written as Mac(c)hus, was especially common in the Border country: *Maccus mac Arailt (d. 980's), also Maccus Haraldsson. *Maccus son of Anlaf, named as Eric Bloodaxe's murderer. *Element in place-names of the Scottish borders, e.g. Longformacus (Scottish Gaelic ''Longphort Maccus''), Maxton (English ''Maccuses tun'') and Maxwell(town) (''Maccuses wylle''). For a discussion of the origin and development of the name, see David E. Thornton, "Hey Mac! The name ''Maccus'', tenth to fifteenth centuries." ''Nomina'' 20 (1997-9): 67-94, with appendix by O.J. Padel on ''Talkarn Mackus'', 95-8. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maccus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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