RAUÐ

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Old Frisian 1.6 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element (see also REYN)

Old Norse

rauð-r = 'red' ^[1]
rauðr = 'red' ^{[2] [3]}

Gothic

rauþ-s = 'red' ^[1]

Old High German

rōt = 'red' ^[1]

Old Saxon

rōd = 'red' ^[1]

Old Frisian

rād = 'red' ^[1]

Old English

réad = 'red' ^[1]

Related Names

See Rauðr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
Balli	see Rauð-BalliR
BJÖRN	see Rauðbjǫrn
KÅR	see Rauðkárr
SKEGG	see Rauðskeggr
SKJÖLD	see Rauðumskialdi
ULF	see Rauðúlfr

First Element Forms

Rauð- Rauðum- Röd-

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)