Amlaíb

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Amlaíb is a medieval Gaelic form of the Norse name Olaf, commonly associated with Viking rulers in Ireland and Scotland.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Amlaib 1
Amlaíb canonical 1
Amlaíb Cuarán 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
medieval Gaelic name
associatedWith Gaels
surface form: Norse-Gaels

Viking Age
Vikings
medieval Gaelic world
attestedIn Annals of Ulster
Annals of the Four Masters
medieval Irish annals
category Gaelic masculine given names
Irish masculine given names
Scottish Gaelic masculine given names
commonAmong Norse-Gaelic kings
Viking rulers in Ireland
Viking rulers in Scotland
equivalentNameInEnglish Olaf
equivalentNameInModernScandinavianLanguages Olaf
Haakon
surface form: Olav
etymologicalRoot Proto-Germanic *anu-laiba- (via Óláfr)
gender male
hasLanguage Irish language
surface form: Gaelic

Old Irish
hasOrigin Old Norse language
surface form: Old Norse
hasVariant Amhlaibh
Aulaidh
surface form: Amhlaoibh

Amlaíb self-linksurface differs
surface form: Amlaib

Amlaive
Amlaíb self-linksurface differs
surface form: Amláib
historicalUsageStatus archaic
isCognateWith Olaf
isDerivedFrom Old Norse name Óláfr
isGaelicFormOf Olaf
nameType personal name
semanticField personal names of Norse origin in Gaelic contexts
timePeriod 10th century
9th century
early Middle Ages
usedBy Norse settlers in Ireland
Norse settlers in Scotland
Norse-Gaelic dynasties
usedInRegion Ireland
North Atlantic islands
surface form: Isles of the North Atlantic

Scotland
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olaf hasCognate Amlaíb
Cuilén of Scotland sibling Amlaíb
this entity surface form: Amlaíb mac Ildulb
Amlaíb hasVariant Amlaíb self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Amlaib
Amlaíb hasVariant Amlaíb self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Amláib
Sitric Silkenbeard father Amlaíb
this entity surface form: Amlaíb Cuarán