VEIG

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Name Element


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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element which is closely related to and difficult to tell apart from VIG and possibly VI. [1]

Most of the combinations below are believed to be variant forms of the respective VIG-combinations.

Ancient Germanic

*waiʒō = 'power, strength' [2]

Old Norse

veig = 'power, strength' [2] [3] [1] [4]

Old High German

wēigen = 'to torture' [4]
wėigar = 'bold' [4]
wėigarōn = 'to refuse' [4]

Old Saxon

wēgian = 'to torture' [4]

Old English

wǣġan = 'to torture' [4]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
ADAL see Aðalveig
ALM see Almveig
ANN see Annveig
ARN see Arnveig
AS see Åsveig
AUD see Audveig
BJÖRN see Bjarnveig
BORG see Bergveig
BRYN see Brynveig
BÖÐ see Böðveig
DAG see Dagveig
EY see Eyveig
FRID see Friðveig
GUD see Guðveig
GUNN see Gunnveig
HALL see Hallveig
HEID see Heiðveig
ING see Ingveig
JON see Jonveig
KRIST see Kristveig
LOFT see Loftveig
MARR see Marveig
MJAD see Mjaðveig
NOR see Norveig
ODD see Oddveig
RAGN see Ragnvæig
SOL see Sǫlveig
SIG see Sigvæig
SUNN see Sunnvá
SVEIN see Sveinveig
UNN see Unnveig
ÖL see Ölveig
ÞOR see Þorveig

Last Element Forms

-aug -augh -avg
-ei -eigh
-i
-oc -och
-off
-og -ogh -ok
-ongh
-oogh
-ou -oug -ow
-ueg
-ueidgh -ueig -ueigh -ueyg
-ugh
-uig -uoig
-uæigh
-vá
-veg
-vei -veig -veigh -veigur -veyg -veygh
-vi
-vig -víg
-væig -væigh -wæigh
-æigh -æy

References

  1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  3. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  4. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)