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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Ancient Norse 1.3 Old Norse 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Old High German 1.6 Old English 1.7 Old Frisian 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 Further Information 7 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*ansuz = 'heathen god' ^[1]
*ansuz = 'áss, god' ^[2]

Ancient Norse

*ansuR = 'heathen god' ^[3]

Old Norse

áss = 'heathen god' ^[3]
áss = 'god' ^[4]
óss = 'god' ^[4]
ǫss = 'heathen god' ^[3]
ás = 'áss, god' ^[2]

Old Saxon

âs = 'god' ^[5]
ôs = 'god' ^[5]
ás = 'áss, god' ^[2]
ós = 'áss, god' ^[2]

Old High German

ans = 'god' ^{[5] [6]}
ans- = 'áss, god' ^[2]

Old English

ōs = 'god' ^[7]

Old Frisian

ēs = 'áss, god' ^[2]

Related Names

See Ása, Aseline, Assi Asseus, Ásta, Ásti, Oso, Ossi

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see ÁsælfR
BJÖRN	see Ásbiǫrn
BJÖRT	see Ásbjartur
BORG	see Ásbjǫrg
BRAND	see Ásbrandr
BRITT	see Åsabritt
DIARF	see ÁsdiarfR
DIS	see Ásdís
FAST	see Ásfastr
FINN	see Ásfinnur
FRID	see *Ásfriðr
FRÍÐ	see *Ansu-friþioR
GAUT	see Ásgautr
GEIR	see ÁsgæiRR (Norse) and Ansgar (German)
GERD	see Ásgærðr
GISL	see Ásgísl
GRIM	see Ásgrímr
GUNN	see Ásgunnr
HEID	see Ǣshæiðr
HER	see Ásvar
HILD	see Áshildr
HJALM	see Anshelm (German)
KETILL	see Ásketill
LAUG	see Áslaug
LEIF	see ÁslæifR
LEIK	see ÁslæikR
LEN	see Åselene
MAR	see Ásmarr
MOD	see Ásmóðr
MUND	see Ásmundr
NIUT	see Ásniútr
NY	see Ásný
ODD	see Ásoddur
RAD	see Ástráðr
ROS	see Ásrós
RUN	see Asrun
SVEIN	see Ássvein
ULF	see ÁsulfR
UNN	see Ásunn
VALD	see Ásvaldr (Norse) and Answald (German)
VAR	see Var-Ási
VARD	see Ásvarðr
VEIG	see Åsveig
VI	see Ásví
VID	see Ásviðr
VÖR	see Ásvǫr
VÖRR	see Varr-Ási
ÞOR	see Ásþór
ÞRUÐ	see Ásþrúður

First Element Forms

Ans- *Ansu-
As- Ás- *Ás-
Ast- Ást-
Es- Ess-
Est-
Ís-
Jast-
Os- Ós-
Ost-
Ot-
Sás-
Us-
Års-
Ås- Aas-
Åst-
Åt-
Äs- Æs- Ǣs-
Ǣst-
Ǫs-

Last Element Forms

-Ási

Further Information

Names beginning with Ast-, Ást-, Est-, Ost-, Åst- are sometimes believed to be related to the Old Norse word ást = 'love, affection' instead, but a connection is very unlikely ^{[3] [1]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
5. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
6. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Studien zu den altsächsischen Personennamen des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts (1955)
7. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)