DIARF

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Old Saxon 1.3 Middle Low German 1.4 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 Last Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

djarfr = 'bold, daring' ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Old Saxon

dėrƀi = 'firm, rough, strong' ^[3]
derƀi = 'strong, evil' ^{[4] [5]}

Middle Low German

derve = 'bold, daring' ^[5]

Old English

dearf = 'bold, daring' ^{[3] [4]}

Related Names

See DiarfR

Combinations

Name Element	Example
AGI	see ÁdiarfR
AS	see ÁsdiarfR
EGG	see ÁdiarfR
GAUT	see GautdiarfR
GEIR	see GæiRdiarfR
GUD	see GuðdiarfR
GUNN	see GunndiarfR
HOLM	see HolmdiarfR
SE	see SǽdiarfR
SIG	see SigdiarfR
VI	see VídiarfR
VIG	see VígdiarfR
ÞOR	see ÞórdiarfR

Last Element Forms

-diarfr -diarfR
-diärf -diærf -djärv

References

1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
4. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
5. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)