HREGG

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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

hrėgg = 'storm and rain' [1]
hregg = 'storm and rain' [2] [3]

Icelandic

hragla = 'raining sleet' [1]
hregl = 'snow and rain'; 'sleet' [1]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
VID see Hreggviðr

First Element Forms

Hregg-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  2. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  3. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)