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Name Name meaning Attested consorts and sexual partners Attested children Attestations Baduhenna (Latinized Germanic) Badu-, may be cognate to Proto-Germanic *badwa-meaning "battle." The second portion of the name -henna may be related to -henae, which appears commonly in the names of matrons. [1] None attested: None attested: Tacitus's Annals ...
As names in the Þiðreks saga typically adapt a German name, only figures that are not attested outside of the Þiðreks saga are listed under that name, even if most information on the figure is from the Þiðreks saga. Because the Þiðreks saga is based on German sources, it is counted as a German attestation. Excluded from the list are:
In the 19th century, Karl Müllenhoff believed that the name was of mythological origin, while Richard Heinzel suggested a connection to the early Slavs. [286] Other suggestions are that the name is a version of Iranian Roxolani; however, the names given in Jordanes are clearly Germanic. [287]
The most important sources on Germanic mythology, however, are works of Old Norse literature, most of which were written down in the Icelandic Commonwealth during the Middle Ages; of particular importance is the Poetic Edda. [1] Archaeological evidence, Runic inscriptions and place-names are also useful sources on Germanic mythology. [1]
A name derived from PN *anuÊ€ ("ancestor") with a -k- suffix, or a hypocoristic form of a name with the same element. It is considered to correspond to the German name Anihho. [34] Áki 1 is the champion of the Danish king Alf 4 and takes part in a Danish attack on the Swedish king Buðli 2.
The names Sigurd and Siegfried do not share the same etymology. Both have the same first element, Proto-Germanic *sigi-, meaning victory.The second elements of the two names are different, however: in Siegfried, it is Proto-Germanic *-frið, meaning peace; in Sigurd, it is Proto-Germanic *-ward, meaning protection. [3]
Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix.For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from æþele, meaning "noble", and ræd, meaning "counsel".
Male: Language(s) German: Origin; Word/name: ... Northern Europe: Wolfgang is a German male given name ... (Teutonic Mythology p. 1093) interpreted the name as that ...