Maccus is a personal name which is first attested and possibly coined in the tenth century.
[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.] The name Maccus, later also written as Mac(c)hus, was especially common in the
Border country
The Anglo-Scottish border runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west, separating Scotland and England.
The Firth of Forth was the border between the Picts, Picto-Gaels, ...
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People with the given name
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Maccus mac Arailt (fl. 971–974), also Maccus Haraldsson
*Maccus son of Anlaf, named as
Eric Bloodaxe
Eric Haraldsson ( , ; c.930−954), nicknamed Bloodaxe ( , ) and Brother-Slayer (), was a Norwegians#Viking Age, Norwegian king. He ruled as List of Norwegian monarchs, King of Norway from 932 to 934, and twice as List of monarchs of Northumbr ...
's murderer
*Maccus, a minor thane who fought at the
Battle of Maldon
The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 or 11 August 991 AD near Maldon, Essex, Maldon beside the River Blackwater, Essex, River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the En ...
and is mentioned in the poem of the same name
Place names
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Longformacus (Scottish Gaelic ''Longphort Maccus'')
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Maxton (English ''Maccuses tun'')
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Maxwell(town) (''Maccuses wylle'').
In fiction
*Maccus or Macchus, a stock character in
Atellan Farce and a related figure in puppetry
References
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