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Ganna
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name derived from Old Norse gandr = 'magic wand' (see also GAND) [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
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Matronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Gönnuson |
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Female
| Gönnudóttir |
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Grammar
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| Nominative: | Ganna |
| Accusative: | Gönnu |
| Dative: | Gönnu |
| Genitive: | Gönnu |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Namesakes
- Ganna was a Germanic seeress from the trive of the Semnones in the late first century A.D. Like her predecessor Veleda, Ganna appears to have had notable political influence. Even the Roman emperor Domitian himself showed his respect for her when she came to Rome accompanying Masyas, the king of the Semnones.
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References
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Das große Vornamenlexikon (2007)
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is