maðarmaðr
Maðarmaðr is a term found primarily in modern Icelandic-language discussions and in fantasy literature to denote a humanoid that is created by human art, craft, or magic—a “man-made” being. The word is built from maðr, the Old Norse / Icelandic word for man, with a second element that in present usage signals fabrication or creation. There is no secure attestation of the compound maðarmaðr in surviving Old Norse manuscripts, and its precise historical morphology remains a matter of linguistic interpretation rather than established philology.
Etymology and form are therefore best described as contemporary coinage rather than a classical Norse term.
Usage and context today often place maðarmaðr in the realm of speculative fiction, fantasy role-playing, and