GLUM

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Name Element

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

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

glūmr = 'bear' (poet.) ^[1]
glúmr = 'dark expression, dark face' (= name for a bear) ^[2]
glúmr = 'bear' ^[3]

Middle Low German

glūmen = 'to frown, to glower' ^[1]

Norwegian

glum = 'frowning, glowering' ^[1]
glyma = 'to frown, to glower' ^[1]

Related Names

See Glúmr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
HILD	see Hildiglúmr

Last Element Forms

-glúmr -glúmur

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
3. ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)