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GAIL
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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*gail- = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [1]
Old Norse
gėilig-r = 'beautiful' [2]
gei-ligr = 'fine', 'beautiful' [3]
Gothic
gails = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [1]
*gails = verbal adjective of gailjan [1] [4] [5]
gailjan = 'to delight', 'to gladden' [2] [1] [4] [5]
Old High German
geil = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [1]
gėil = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [2]
Middle High German
gėilen = 'to delight', 'to gladden' [2]
Middle Low German
gēl = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [2]
Old Saxon
gêl = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [1]
Anglo-Saxon
gâl = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [1]
Old English
gāl = 'wanton', 'frolic', 'funny', 'carefree', 'lustful' [2]
Related Names
See Gela
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| VAR | see Guilvira |
| VERS | see Guilvira |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)