UNDR

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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

undr = 'wonder' [1] [2] [3]
undr = 'wonder', 'wonderful being', 'astonishment', 'misfortune' [4]

Old High German

wuntar = 'wonder', 'wonderful being', 'astonishment', 'misfortune' [4]

Old Saxon

wundar = 'wonder', 'wonderful being', 'astonishment', 'misfortune' [4]

Old Frisian

wunder = 'wonder', 'wonderful being', 'astonishment', 'misfortune' [4]

Old English

wundor = 'wonder', 'wonderful being', 'astonishment', 'misfortune' [4]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
LAUG see Undrlaug

First Element Forms

Undr-

References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
  3. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)