FAL

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

falr = 'pipe, tube (on the blade of the spear)' ^{[1] [2]}
falr = 'the socket of a spear-head, into which the shaft fits' ^[3]

Old English

fealh = 'pipe, tube' ^[1]

Related Names

See Falr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
GEIR	see Falgeirr

First Element Forms

Fal- Fál-

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)