HROSS

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Anglo-Saxon 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Middle High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

hross = 'horse' ^{[1] [2]}
hors = 'horse' ^{[1] [2]}

Anglo-Saxon

hors = 'horse' ^[3]

Old High German

(h)ros = 'horse' ^[4]
hros = 'horse' ^[3]

Middle High German

ros = 'horse'

Related Names

See Ros

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Hrossbjǫrn
EFNI	see Horsæfni
KETILL	see Hrosskætill
LIND	see Rosalint (German)

First Element Forms

Hors- Hross-
Ros- Rosa- Rose- Ross-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
4. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)