FEIG

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

fėig-r = 'fey', 'doomed to die', 'dead' [1]
feigr = 'fey', 'doomed to die' [2] [3]

Old High German

feigi = 'fey', 'doomed to die' [3]
fėigi = 'fey', 'doomed to die', 'dead' [1]

Old Saxon

fēgi = 'fey', 'doomed to die', 'dead' [1]

Old Frisian

fai = 'fey', 'doomed to die', 'dead' [1]

Old English

fǣge = 'fey', 'doomed to die' [3]
fǣġe = 'fey', 'doomed to die', 'dead' [1]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
U see Úfeigr

Last Element Forms

-fegh -feigr -fej -fæigR -vagh

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  2. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)