RASK

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*raþsk(w)a- = 'fast, agile' [1]

Old Norse

rǫskr = 'mature; vigorous, doughty, brave' [2]
rǫskr = 'fast, bold, healthy, strong' [3]
rǫsk-r = 'brave, good, bold' [4]
röskr = 'vigorous, doughty, brave' [5]
röskr = 'ripe, mature; vigorous, doughty, brave, valiant' [6]

Old High German

rasc = 'fast, agile' [1]

Middle High German

rasch = 'fast, agile' [1]

Related Names

See Rǫskva

Combinations

Name
Element     		Example
ULF see RaskulfR
VID see Raskviðr

First Element Forms

Rask-

References

  1. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
  2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  3. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
  4. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  5. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
  6. ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
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