GUD

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Gothic 1.4 Old Swedish 1.5 Swedish 1.6 Old Saxon 1.7 Old High German 1.8 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 Further Information 7 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element with two different meanings: (1) 'god' and (2) 'good' which are impossible to distinguish.

Sometimes, a connection to the name element GUNN is suggested.

Ancient Germanic

(1) *guða = 'god' ^[1]
(2) *gôda- = 'good' ^[2]

Old Norse

(1) guðr = 'god' ^[1]
(1) goðr = 'god' ^[1]
(1) goð = 'gods' ^[3]
(1) guð = 'gods' ^[3]
(2) góðr = 'good' ^[1]

Gothic

(1) guth = 'god' ^[2]

Old Swedish

(1) gudh = 'god' ^[4]

Swedish

(1) gud = 'god'
(2) god = 'good'
(2) gott = 'good'

Old Saxon

(1) god = 'god' ^{[5] [2]}
(2) gôd = 'good' ^[5]

Old High German

(1) got = 'god' ^[2]

Old English

(1) god = 'god' ^[6]

Related Names

See Guði (1) and Góði (2) and Goda (2) and Gotte

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see GuðælfR
Amanda	see Gudmanda
AUD	see Auðguðr
BJÖRN	see Guðbiǫrn
BJÖRT	see Guðbjört
BORG	see Guðbjǫrg
BRAND	see Guðbrandr
DIARF	see GuðdiarfR
DIS	see Guðdís
EY	see Gulløy
FAST	see Guðfastr
FINN	see Guðfinnr
FRID	see *GuðfriðuR (Norse) and Godafrid (German)
FRÍÐ	see Guðfríðr
GEIR	see Guðgeir
GERD	see Gudhgärdh
GEST	see Goðgestr
GJAF	see Godgifu (English)
HARD	see Godahard (German)
HULD	see Gotthold (German)
HVAT	see Gudhhvat
JON	see Guðjón
LAUG	see Guðlaug
LEIF	see GuðlæifR
LEIK	see Guðleikr
MAR	see Guðmarr
MOD	see Guðmóðr
MUND	see Guðmundr
NIUT	see Guðniútr
NY	see Guðný
ORM	see *Goð-ormR
RAD	see Guðráður
RIK	see GuðríkR
RUN	see Guðrún
SKALK	see Gottschalk (German)
STEIN	see Guðstæinn
SVEIN	see Gottsveinn
ULF	see GuðulfR
VALD	see Gudhvald (Norse) and Gottwald (German)
VARD	see Guðvarðr
VAR	see Guðvarr
VEIG	see Guðveig
VER	see GuðvéR
VI	see Guðví or Víguðr
VIN	see Godwine (English)
VILL	see Willgott
VÖR	see Guðvǫr
ÞORM	see Guðþormr
ÞORN	see Guðþorn

First Element Forms

Giö- Gjö- Gjø-
Go- God- Goð- Goda- Gode- Godt- Gol- Got- Gott-
Gu- Gud- Guð- *Guð- Gude- Gudh-
Gul- Guld- Gull- Gulle-
Gut- Guth-
Gy- Gý- Gyð-
Gå-
Gö- Göd- Göde-
Jø-
Kot- Ku- Kul-
Ky-

Last Element Forms

-godt
-got -goth -gott
-guðr
-gull

Further Information

In new combinations, the name elements with L (Gul-, Gull-, Gulle-, -gull) are usually interpreted as 'gold' (see GULL)

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
5. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
6. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)