EIR

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old Swedish 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Anglo-Saxon 1.6 Old English 1.7 Middle Low German 1.8 Old High German 1.9 Old Frisian 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

eir = 'protection, peace, calm, help' ^{[1] [2]}
eir = 'protection, help' ^[3]
eir = 'protection, peace' ^[4]
eir = 'protection, mercy, present' ^[5]
eir = 'mercy, benignity, help' ^[6]
ǣra = 'honour' (from Middle Low German, see below) ^[1]
ǣra = 'honour', 'marriage' (from Middle Low German, see below) ^[7]

Gothic

aistan = 'to hold someone in great respect' ^[1]
aistan = 'to be shy of doing something' ^{[6] [4]}

Old Swedish

æra = 'honour' (from Middle Low German, see below) ^[5]

Old Saxon

êra = 'mercy, gift, honour' ^[7]

Anglo-Saxon

âr = 'benefit, protection, honour, bliss' ^[7]

Old English

ār = 'honour, dignity, glory, respect, worship, wealth, revenue, mercy, compassion' ^[6]
ār = 'honour, worship, mercy, bliss, help, compassion' ^[4]

Middle Low German

ēre = 'honour' ^[6]
êre = 'honour', 'marriage' ^[7]
êre = 'honour' ^[5]

Old High German

êra = 'glory, honour' ^[7]
ēra = 'worship, awe, veneration, prestige, illustriousness, dignity, generosity' ^[6]

Old Frisian

êre = 'glory, honour' ^[7]

Related Names

See Eir

Combinations

Name Element	Example
DIS	see Eirdís
FINN	see Eirfinna
FRID	see Erinfrid (German)
GISL	see Erengisle (German)
HARD	see Erhard (German)
HILD	see Eirhild
LAND	see Erland
NY	see Eirný
UNN	see Eirunn
VALD	see Ernhold

First Element Forms

E- Ed- Ee- Eer- Ehr- Ehren- Eir- Er- Eren- Erin- Ern- Är- Ær- Ärin- Ärn- Äär-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
5. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
6. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
7. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)