GAND

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse

gandr = 'the exact sense of this word is somewhat dubious; it is mostly used in poetry and in compounds, and denotes anything enchanted or an object used by sorcerers, almost like Zauber in German, and hence a 'monster', 'fiend' ^[1]
gandr = 'magic', 'charm', 'witchcraft' ^[2]
gandr = 'magic wand' ^[2] ^[3]

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see Gandalfr

First Element Forms

Gand-

References

↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Das große Vornamenlexikon (2007)

[cv-1] Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

[nord-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)

[dud2-3] Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Das große Vornamenlexikon (2007)

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