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In Old English maga meant 'stomach' (link), and in Middle English it continued that meaning as well as 'chest, belly, gut; liver' (link), but there also developed the modern sense in English of 'jaws, mouth'.
I don't think that English maw is a borrowing from Old Norse (Old Icelandic). It occurs in other non-Scandinavian, i.e., Western, Germanic languages, such as German Magen 'stomach'.
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Jon Aalborg 01/10/2011 9:04 AM zmjezhd 01/10/2011 1:56 PM BranShea 01/10/2011 4:09 PM Clarinda 01/12/2011 3:30 PM LukeJavan8 01/12/2011 4:56 PM bexter 01/12/2011 5:39 PM LukeJavan8 01/12/2011 5:43 PM BranShea 01/12/2011 7:38 PM LukeJavan8 01/12/2011 9:56 PM BranShea 01/13/2011 9:20 AM Candy 01/13/2011 2:14 PM BranShea 01/13/2011 2:16 PM LukeJavan8 01/13/2011 4:12 PM Avy 01/14/2011 1:52 AM LukeJavan8 01/14/2011 2:00 AM Avy 01/14/2011 3:17 AM bexter 01/14/2011 9:13 AM Avy 01/14/2011 2:43 PM verbicrucialist 01/14/2011 9:43 PM LukeJavan8 01/14/2011 11:07 PM Candy 01/15/2011 4:27 AM BranShea 01/15/2011 5:15 AM bexter 01/15/2011 10:49 AM LukeJavan8 01/15/2011 4:01 PM BranShea 01/15/2011 8:45 PM Jackie 01/16/2011 12:58 AM BranShea 01/16/2011 7:50 PM BranShea 01/19/2011 5:12 AM LukeJavan8 01/19/2011 4:17 PM LukeJavan8 01/16/2011 2:46 AM Jackie 01/11/2011 2:29 AM LukeJavan8 01/11/2011 2:54 AM BranShea 01/11/2011 7:31 AM Jackie 01/20/2011 3:02 AM
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