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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 Combinations 3 First Element Forms 4 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

ú- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^[1]
ū- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^[2]
ó- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^[1]
ō- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^[2]

Gothic

un- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^{[3] [2]}

Old High German

un- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^{[3] [2]}

Old Saxon

un- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^[2]

Old Frisian

un- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^[2]

Old English

un- = 'un-' (negative prefix) ^[2]

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BEIN	see Úbeinn
BLAUD	see Úblauðr
FEIG	see Úfeigr
FLA	see ÓfláR
FRID	see Ófriðr
HNIG	see ÓhnæigR
NEIS	see Ónæisi
Níðingr	see ÓníðingR
SPAK	see ÓspakR
STARK	see Óstarki
TRYGG	see ÓtryggR
ÞORM	see ÓþyrmiR

See also ÓmunR and ÓnæmR and Úrœkja and Ósníkinn and ÓsyrgR and ÓtamR and Óþvaginn

First Element Forms

O- Ó- U- Ú-

References

1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
3. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)