HEÐIN

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Nordic name element of uncertain Germanic origin. It is probably related to the Old High German name Hetan (Old Saxon hêthan = 'heath' ^[1]). In the Nordic countries it was early associated with:

Old Norse

heðinn = 'jacket of fur or skin' ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Related Names

See Heðinn

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see Álvheðin
BJÖRN	see Heðinbiǫrn and Bjarnheðinn
BORG	see Bjørgheðin
DIS	see Heðindís
FAST	see Heðinfastr
GEIR	see HeðingæiRR
GUNN	see Heðingunnr
JON	see Jónheðin
SIGN	see Signheðin
SKARP	see Skarpheðinn
ULF	see Ulfheðinn
VI	see Heðinví
ÞOR	see Tórheðin

First Element Forms

Heden- Heðin-
Hidhin- Hiðin-

Last Element Forms

-heðin -heðinn -héðinn
-hidhin -hiðinn

References

1. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)