Maccus

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.

People with the given name

• Maccus mac Arailt (fl. 971–974), also Maccus Haraldsson
• Maccus son of Anlaf, named as Eric Bloodaxe's murderer
• Maccus, a minor thane who fought at the Battle of Maldon and is mentioned in the poem of the same name

Place names

• Longformacus (Scottish Gaelic Longphort Maccus)
• Maxton (English Maccuses tun)
• Maxwell(town) (Maccuses wylle).

In fiction

• Maccus or Macchus, a stock character in Atellan Farce and a related figure in puppetry

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