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LJOT
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Contents
Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
1) *leuhta- = 'shining', 'bright' [1]
Old Norse
1) -ljótr = 'shining', 'bright' [2]
1) *ljótr = 'shining', 'bright' [2]
2) ljōtr = 'ugly', 'horrible' [3]
2) ljótr = 'ugly', 'horrible' [4]
2) ljótr = 'ugly', 'hideous', 'misshapen' [5]
2) ljôtr = 'ugly', 'hideous', 'misshapen' [6]
Gothic
1) liuhath = 'light' [7]
2) liut-s = 'hypocritical' [3]
Old Frisian
2) liāt = 'mendacious', 'lying' [3]
Old High German
1) lioht = 'shining', 'bright' [8]
1) lioth ? = 'shining', 'bright' [4]
2) lioᶎ = 'sad' [3]
Anglo-Saxon
1) leóht = 'light' [7]
Related Names
See Liótr
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ALF | see Álfljótr |
| ARN | see Arnljótr |
| BORG | see Bergljótr |
| FORN | see Fornljótur |
| HAF | see Hafljótr |
| HUG | see Hugljótur |
| HUN | see Húnljótur |
| -ingr | see Lýtingr |
| ULF | see LiútulfR and Ulfliútr |
| UNN | see Ljótunnr |
| ÞOR | see Þorljótr |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
-liot -liót -lioth -liótr -liútr -ljot -ljót -ljoth -ljótr -ljótur
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
- ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)