LYD

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Name Element

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

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element (see also LEW)

Ancient Germanic

*leudi- = 'folk, people' ^[1]

Old Norse

lýðr = 'folk, people' ^[2]
ljóðr = 'folk, people' ^[2]

Old High German

liut = 'folk, people' ^[1]

Old Saxon

liud = 'folk, people' ^[1]

Related Names

See Lydika and Leo

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BALD	see Liutbald (German)
BJÖRN	see Lýðbiǫrn
BRAND	see Liutbrand (German)
HARD	see Liuthard (German)
HER	see Liutheri (German)
SWIND	see Leudesinda (German)
ULF	see Ludolf (German)
VIN	see Liutwin (German)

First Element Forms

Leo- Leude-
Li- Lid- Liut-
Lu- Lud- Luit- Lut-
Lyd- Lüd- Lýð-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)