HLEIÐ

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Origin and Meaning

New name element related to HLID

Old Norse

hlėiðr = 'ladder' [1]
hleiðr = 'tent' [2]

Old High German

hlėitara = 'ladder' [1]

Middle Low German

ledder = 'ladder' [1]

Old Frisian

hlēdere = 'ladder' [1]
hlaedder = 'ladder' [1]

Old English

hlǣder = 'ladder' [1]

Related Names

Hleiðr

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
HER see Hleiðar

First Element Forms

Hleið-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  2. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)