LJUF

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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 High German 1.5 Low German 1.6 High German 1.7 Old Saxon 1.8 Old Frisian 1.9 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*leubha- = 'dear, friendly' ^[1]

Old Norse

ljúfr = 'dear, friendly' ^[2]
ljūf-r = 'dear, friendly' ^[3]

Gothic

liuf-s = 'dear, friendly' ^[3]

Old High German

liob = 'dear, friendly' ^{[1] [3]}
liub = 'dear, friendly' ^{[1] [3]}

Low German

lêf = 'dear, friendly' ^[1]

High German

lieb = 'dear, friendly' ^[1]

Old Saxon

liof = 'dear, friendly' ^{[1] [3]}

Old Frisian

liāf = 'dear, friendly' ^[3]

Old English

léof = 'dear, friendly' ^[3]

Related Names

See LjúfR (Norse) and Leofa (English)

Combinations

Name Element	Example
HUG	see Hugljúf
RIK	see Léofríc (English)
SIG	see Léofsige (English)
VIN	see Liebwin (German) and Léofwine (English)

First Element Forms

Le- Leb- Led- Lef- Léof-
Lieb-
Lof-

Last Element Forms

-ljúf

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)