RAD

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old Swedish 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Anglo-Saxon 1.6 Old English 1.7 Middle Low German 1.8 Old High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

ráð = 'advise, counsel, decision' ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
ráð = 'advise, counsel, decision, might, household, marriage' ^[5]
ráða = 'to advise, to counsel, to be mighty, to rule, to decide, to guess' ^[5]
ráða = 'to advise, to counsel' ^{[1] [2] [3] [6] [7] [4]}

Gothic

garedan = 'to provide' ^[6]
garēdan = 'to counsel, to provide' ^[7]
garēdan = 'to advise, to counsel, to be mighty, to rule, to decide, to guess' ^[5]
rêdan = 'to counsel' ^[4]

Old Swedish

raþ = 'advise, counsel, decision' ^[3]
raþa = 'to advise, to counsel' ^[3]

Old Saxon

râd = 'counsel' ^{[4] [8]}
rād = 'advise, counsel, decision, might, household, marriage' ^[5]
rādan = 'to advise, to counsel' ^[7]
rādan = 'to advise, to counsel, to be mighty, to rule, to decide, to guess' ^[5]

Anglo-Saxon

rǽd = 'counsel' ^[6]
rǣd = 'counsel' ^[4]
rǽdan = 'to discern, advise, read, persuade' ^[6]
rǣdan = 'to counsel' ^[4]

Old English

rǣd = 'advise, counsel, decision, might, household, marriage' ^[5]
rǣdan = 'to advise, to counsel' ^[7]
rǣdan = 'to advise, to counsel, to be mighty, to rule, to decide, to guess' ^[5]

Middle Low German

rāt = 'resources necessary for living' ^[9]
rāten = 'to advise, to guess' ^[9]

Old High German

rāt = 'resources necessary for living' ^[9]
rāt = 'advise, counsel, decision, might, household, marriage' ^[5]
rât = 'counsel' ^[4]
rātan = 'to advise, to guess (originally 'to think about something')' ^[9]
rātan = 'to advise, to counsel' ^[7]
rātan = 'to advise, to counsel, to be mighty, to rule, to decide, to guess' ^[5]
râtan = 'to counsel' ^[4]

Related Names

See Råd

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see Álfráðr (Norse) and Ælfræd (English)
AS	see Ástráðr
BARD	see Ráðbarðr
BORG	see Radhborg
EIN	see Einráði
ENGEL	see Engilráð
FOLK	see Folcrat (German)
GAUT	see Gautráðr
GEIR	see Radhger
GERD	see Ráðgerðr
GRID	see Ráðgríðr
KON	see Kuonrat (German)
MUND	see Ráðmundr
NY	see Ráðný
ORM	see Ráðormr
SPAK	see Ráðspakr
STAF	see Ráðstafr
ULF	see RáðulfR (Norse) and Radolf (German)
VALD	see Ráðvaldr
VEIG	see Ráðveig
ÞJALF	see RáðþialfR

First Element Forms

Ra- Rad- Ráð- Radh-
Rat- Rath-
Ro-
Rå- Råd-

Last Element Forms

-ert
-ra
-rad -ráð -rada -radh -ráði -radina -radine -raðr -ráðr -ráður -radus
-rat -rath

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
4. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
5. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
6. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
7. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
8. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Studien zu den altsächsischen Personennamen des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts (1955)
9. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)