BLA

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Swedish 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Old Frisian 1.5 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

blár = 'black' ^[1]
blár = 'blue, dark, black' ^{[2] [3]}

Swedish

blå = 'blue' ^[4]

Old High German

blāo = 'blue, dark, black' ^[2]
blāo = 'blue' ^[4]

Old Frisian

blāu = 'blue, dark, black' ^[2]

Old English

blǣ- = 'blue, dark, black' ^[2]
*blǣw = 'blue' ^[4]

Related Names

See Blæingr and Blå

Combinations

Name Element	Example
KÅR	see Blákári
TÖNN	see Blátǫnn

First Element Forms

Blá- Blå-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
4. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)