SKIR

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Name Element

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

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse

skírr = 'clean, pure, clear' ^[1]
skīr-r = 'clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[2]

Gothic

skeir-s = 'clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[2]
skeirs = 'clear' ^[3]

Old Saxon

scīr = 'clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[2]
scīri = 'clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[2]

Old Frisian

skīre = 'clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[2]

Old English

sćīr = 'clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[2]

Middle High German

schīr = 'clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[2]
schīr = 'unsophisticated, clean, pure, clear, bright' ^[3]

Related Names

See Skírnir

Combinations

Name Element	Example
LAUG	see Skírlaug

First Element Forms

Skír-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
3. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)