ODD

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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 Swedish 1.5 Old Saxon 1.6 Old High German 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

Ancient Germanic

*uzda- = 'thistle, hawthorn' ^[1]
*uzda- = 'point, peak' ^[2]
*uzđa- = 'point, peak' ^[3]

Old Norse

oddr = 'point of a weapon' ^{[4] [1] [5] [2] [6]}
oddr = 'spear' ^{[4] [6] [1]}
oddr = 'spur' ^{[4] [1]}
oddr = 'leader, chief' ^{[4] [1]}
oddr = 'front (of an army)' ^[4]

Gothic

*uzds = 'point (of a weapon)' ^[7]

Old Swedish

udder = 'point' ^{[5] [8]}
odder = 'point' ^[5]

Old Saxon

ord = 'point of a weapon' ^{[1] [7] [2]}
ord = 'spear' ^[1]
ord = 'spur' ^[1]
ord = 'leader, chief' ^[1]

Old High German

ort = 'point (of a weapon)' ^{[1] [7] [3] [2]}
ort = 'spear' ^[1]
ort = 'spur' ^[1]
ort = 'leader, chief' ^[1]
ort = 'front' ^[3]
ort = 'beginning' ^[2]
ort = 'end point' ^[2]
ort = 'corner' ^[2]

Old English

ord = 'point (of a weapon)' ^{[7] [3] [2]}
ord = 'spear' ^[3]
ord = 'end point' ^[3]
ord = 'beginning' ^[2]

Related Names

See Oddr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ARN	see Arnoddr
AS	see Ásoddur
BJÖRN	see Oddbjǫrn and Bjørnodd
BORG	see Oddbjǫrg
FINN	see Oddfinnur
FRID	see Oddfreður
FRÍÐ	see Oddfríðr
GEIR	see Oddgeirr
GERD	see Oddgerðr
GRIM	see Oddgrim
GUNN	see Oddgunn
HER	see Oddar
HILD	see Oddhildur
JOR	see Jorodd
KETILL	see Oddkell
LAUG	see Oddlaug
LEIF	see Oddleifr
LI	see Oddly
LIN	see Oddlin
MAR	see Oddmarr
MUND	see Oddmund
NADD	see Naddoðr
NOR	see Norodd
NY	see Oddný
ORM	see Uddorm
RUN	see Oddrún
STEIN	see Oddsteinn and Steinoddr
ULF	see UddulfR
VAK	see Oddvakr
VALD	see Oddvaldur
VAR	see Uddvarr
VARD	see Oddvard
VEIG	see Oddveig
VIN	see Oddvin
VÖR	see Oddvǫr
ÞOR	see Þóroddr

First Element Forms

Od- Odd-
Ot-
U-
Ud- Udd-

Last Element Forms

-odd -odda -oddi -oddr -oddur -oðr -oður

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
3. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
4. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
5. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
6. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
7. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
8. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)