AR

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old Frisian 1.4 Old High German 1.5 Old Saxon 1.6 Old English 2 Combinations 3 First Element Forms 4 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element which is difficult to tell apart from ARN

Old Norse

ár = 'year; plenty, abundance, fruitfulnes' ^[1]
ár = 'successful' ^[2]
ār = 'year, growth of a year; good times, prosperity' ^[3]

Gothic

jēr = 'year, growth of a year; good times, prosperity' ^[3]

Old Frisian

jēr = 'year, growth of a year; good times, prosperity' ^[3]

Old High German

jār = 'year, growth of a year; good times, prosperity' ^[3]

Old Saxon

jār = 'year, growth of a year; good times, prosperity' ^[3]

Old English

ġéar = 'year, growth of a year; good times, prosperity' ^[3]

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRT	see Árbjartur
BORG	see Árbjörg
DIS	see Árdís
LAUG	see Árlaug
MOD	see Ármóður
NY	see Árný
SÄLL	see Ársæll

First Element Forms

Ár-

References

1. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
3. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)