GÆF

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Origin and Meaning

New name element

Old Norse

gæfa = 'goodluck', 'luck' [1]
gǣfa = 'gift', 'lucky nature', 'luck' [2]

Related Names

See Gæfa

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
LAUG see Gæflaug

First Element Forms

Gæf-

References

  1. Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
  2. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)