Old Norse name Áleifr

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Old Norse masculine given name Scandinavian personal name

The Old Norse name Áleifr is an early Scandinavian personal name that evolved into forms like Olaf, traditionally interpreted as meaning something like “ancestor’s descendant” or “heir of the forefathers.”

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Label Occurrences
Old Norse name Áleifr canonical 1

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Norse masculine given name ⓘ
Scandinavian personal name ⓘ
culture Norse pagan society ⓘ
Old Norse culture ⓘ
etymologyComponent -leifr (Old Norse element meaning heir or descendant) ⓘ
anu- (Proto-Germanic element meaning ancestor or forefather) ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasCognate Ólafur ⓘ
surface form: Óláfr
hasModernForm Olaf ⓘ
Olav Haraldsson ⓘ
surface form: Olav

Ólafur ⓘ
surface form: Olavur

Olof ⓘ
Ólafur ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling Áleifr (with accent) ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Old Norse language ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
meaning ancestor’s descendant ⓘ
heir of the forefathers ⓘ
nameType given name ⓘ
personal name ⓘ
semanticField inheritance ⓘ
kinship ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse Middle Ages ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
usedInRegion Scandinavia ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
surface form: Viking Age Scandinavia
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic script (historical context) ⓘ

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Olaf → etymologyDerivedFrom → Old Norse name Áleifr ⓘ