IGUL

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Indo-Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old Swedish 1.4 Old High German 1.5 Middle High German 1.6 Old Saxon 1.7 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Indo-Germanic

*eĝhi- = 'snake' ^[1]

Old Norse

igull = 'hedgehog' ^[2]
ígull = 'sea urchin' (older: 'hedgehog') ^[3]
īgull = 'hedgehog' ^[1]
ǐgull = 'hedgehog' ^[1]

Old Swedish

īghil = 'hedgehog' ^[2]
īghul = 'hedgehog' ^[2]

Old High German

igil = 'hedgehog' ^[2]
īgil = 'hedgehog' ^{[2] [1]}
ǐgil = 'hedgehog' ^{[2] [1]}

Middle High German

igel = 'hedgehog' ^[1]

Old Saxon

igil = 'hedgehog' ^[2]

Old English

iġel = 'hedgehog' ^[2]
īgel = 'hedgehog' ^[1]
ǐgel = 'hedgehog' ^[1]

Related Names

See Ígull

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Ígulbiǫrn
FAST	see Ígulfastr
FRÍÐ	see Ígulfríðr
GEIR	see ÍgulgæiRR

First Element Forms

Ighul- Igul- Ígul- Iól- Iul-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
3. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)