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HEIL
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element (see also HEL)
Ancient Germanic
*haila- = 'luck', 'fortune', 'health' [1]
Proto-Norse
Old Norse
heilagr = 'holy' [3] [4] [5] [1] [6]
heilagr = 'dedicated' (to the gods), 'exalted' [3] [5] [6]
heilagr = 'inviolable', 'sacred' [4]
heilagr = 'hale' [1]
heill = 'good luck' [6] [7]
heill = 'lucky' [6]
Gothic
hailags = 'holy', 'dedicated' (to the gods), 'exalted' [5]
Old Swedish
helagher = 'holy', 'lucky' [7]
Old Saxon
hēlag = 'holy', 'dedicated (to the gods), 'exalted' [5]
Old High German
hėilag, hėilíg = 'holy', 'dedicated' (to the gods), 'exalted' [5]
heil = 'whole', 'healthy' [8] [9]
Old English
hǣliġ = 'holy', 'dedicated' (to the gods), 'exalted' [5]
hāliġ = 'holy', 'dedicated' (to the gods), 'exalted' [5]
Related Names
See *Hailaga (Norse), Hālga (English) and Helke (German)
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| AUD | see Auðhelga (Norse) |
| BJÖRT | see Heilbert (German) |
| EY | see Helgey (Norse) |
| FRID | see Heilfrid (German) |
| FUSS | see Hæilfúss (Norse) |
| GAUT | see Helgot |
| GEIR | see HæilgæiRR (Norse) |
| GERD | see Helgard m (Norse) and Hegard (Norse) and Helgard f (German) |
| MAR | see Heilmar (German) |
| MOD | see Heilmut (German) |
| SIG | see Sigurhelga |
| ULF | see HælgulfR |
| UNN | see Hælgunnr |
| VARD | see Helovard |
| VI | see Hæilví |
| VÍÐ | see Heiluid (German) |
| VIG | see Heilwig |
First Element Forms
El-
He-
Heil-
Hel-
Hele-
Helo-
Helg-
Hell-
Helle-
Hil-
Hille-
Hilo-
Hæil-
Hælg-
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)
- ↑ Per Vikstrand: Förkristna sakrala personnamn i Skandinavien (Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica 27 (2009), 5–31)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)