LÍN

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Some of the new combinations below might rather belong to the name element LIN.

Old Norse

lín = 'flax, linen, linen garment, linen gear' ^{[1] [2] [3]}
līn = 'flax, linen, linen garment, linen gear' ^[4]

Gothic

lein = 'flax, linen' ^[5]

Old High German

līn = 'flax, linen' ^[5]

Old English

līn = 'flax, linen' ^[5]

Related Names

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ADAL	see Aðallín
ARN	see Arnlín
AUD	see Auðlín
BORG	see Berglín and Línbjörg
DIS	see Líndís
EIK	see Líneik
EY	see Líney
HILD	see Línhildr
ING	see Ingilín
SILVER	see Silvurlín

First Element Forms

Lin- Lín-

Last Element Forms

-lin -lín

References

1. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
2. ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
4. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
5. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)