DARR

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

darr = 'spear', 'dart' [1] [2]
darraðr = 'spear', 'dart' [1]
darrað-r = 'spear', 'dart' [2]

Anglo-Saxon

daroþ = 'spear' [3]

Old English

daroð = 'spear' [2]

Related Names

See Dǫrri, (Darri?), Tarro

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
HAD see *Darrhǫðr (Norse)
VALD see Tarwald (German)

First Element Forms

*Darr-
Dǫrr-
Tar-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  3. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)