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Pages in category "Norwegian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 277 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Old Norse personal names" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ásleikr; E.
Pages in category "Scandinavian masculine given names" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Odin the Wanderer (the meaning of his name Gangleri); illustration by Georg von Rosen, 1886. Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.
Sven is a Scandinavian masculine first name. In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant" and the original Old Norse spelling was sveinn. [1] Variants such as Svend are found in Danish and Norwegian. [1] Another variant, Svein is used only in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries, and is cognate with the English surname Swain ...
Ivar (Old Norse Ívarr) is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to Germanic names became homophonous.
Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (Gunnarr in Old Norse [1]).The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior").
An illustration of Lífþrasir and Líf (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. In Norse mythology, Líf (identical with the Old Norse noun meaning "life, the life of the body") [1] and Lífþrasir (Old Norse masculine name from líf and þrasir and defined by Lexicon Poëticum as "Livæ amator, vitæ amans, vitæ cupidus" "Líf's lover, lover of life, zest for life"), [2] sometimes anglicized as Lif and ...