Old Norse name Óláfr

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Old Norse given name given name masculine given name

The Old Norse name Óláfr is a traditional Scandinavian male given name meaning “ancestor’s descendant” or “heir of the forefathers,” and is the origin of modern forms like Olaf and Olav.

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Label	Occurrences
Old Norse name Óláfr canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Norse given name ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
cognate	Aulay ⓘ surface form: Auleiv Olaf ⓘ Olav Haraldsson ⓘ surface form: Olav Olof ⓘ Ólafur ⓘ
commonInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ Viking Age ⓘ
etymologyComponent	anuR (ancestor, forefather) ⓘ leifr (descendant, heir) ⓘ
gender	masculine ⓘ
hasDescendantNameForm	Olao ⓘ Olaus ⓘ Olave ⓘ
hasDiacritic	acute accent on Ó ⓘ
hasLatinizedForm	Ólafur ⓘ surface form: Olafus Olav Engelbrektsson ⓘ surface form: Olavus
hasModernForm	Olaf ⓘ Ólafur ⓘ surface form: Olafur Olav Haraldsson ⓘ surface form: Olav Ólafur ⓘ surface form: Olavur Olof ⓘ Ólafur ⓘ
hasShortForm	Ola ⓘ Ólafur ⓘ surface form: Óli
hasVariantSpelling	Olaf Tryggvason ⓘ surface form: Olafr Ólafur ⓘ surface form: Ólafr
languageOfOrigin	Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
meaning	ancestor’s descendant ⓘ heir of the forefathers ⓘ
nameElement	-áfr / -afr ⓘ Ól- ⓘ
nameType	theophoric-derived name ⓘ
notableBearerClass	kings of Denmark ⓘ kings of Norway ⓘ saints in medieval Scandinavia ⓘ
originatesFrom	Old Norse personal naming tradition ⓘ
relatedName	Anleifr ⓘ Leifr ⓘ
script	Latin script ⓘ
semanticField	inheritance ⓘ kinship ⓘ
usedInCulture	Scandinavian culture ⓘ
usedInRegion	Scandinavia ⓘ

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

Olaf → etymologyDerivedFrom → Old Norse name Óláfr ⓘ