BJUR

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old Danish 1.4 Old High German 1.5 Middle Low German 1.6 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combination 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*beƀur-r = 'beaver' ^[1]

Old Norse

bjórr = 'beaver' ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Old Danish

biaver = 'beaver' ^[1]

Old High German

bibar = 'beaver' ^[1]

Middle Low German

bever = 'beaver' ^[1]

Old English

beofor = 'beaver' ^[1]

Related Names

See Bjórr

Combination

Name Element	Example
STEIN	see Biúrstæinn

First Element Forms

Biur- Biúr- Bjur-

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)