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Name Element


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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element, which is sometimes difficult to distinguish from SIG

Proto-Norse

*saiwaR = 'sea' [1]

Old Norse

sær = 'sea' [1] [2]
sjár = 'sea' [1] [2]
sjór = 'sea' [2] [2]

Old Saxon

sêo = 'sea' [3]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
BJÖRN see Sǽbiǫrn
BORG see Sæbjørg
DIARF see SǽdiarfR
DIS see Sædís
Eyvindr see Sǽ-Øyndr
FAR see Sǽfari
FAST see Säfast
FINN see Sæfinnr
FRÍÐ see Sæfríður
FUSS see Sǽfúss
GEIR see SǽgæiRR
GRIM see SǽgrímR
HER see Sǽvarr
LAUG see Sælaugur
LEIF see SǽlafR
MUND see Sǽmundr
REIF see SǽræifR
RIK see Særekur
ULF see SǽulfR
UNN see Sæunn
VALD see Sævaldi
VAR see Sǽvarr
VIN see Sǽwine (English)
VÖR see Søyvǫr
ÞOR see Sǽþórr

First Element Forms

Se-
Si-
Sj-
Sjá-
Sä- Sæ- Sǽ-
Søy-

References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  2. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)