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Old Norse
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name
1) Younger form of *Widuharjaz [1] [2] [3] [4]
2) Combination of VÍÐ and HER [5] [2] [3] [6] [4]
3) Younger form of *Widugaizaz [4]
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Norse Mythology
- Víðarr is one of the Æsir. He is the son of Óðinn and Gríðr. After Þórr he is the strongest of all gods, and he is also called the 'silent god' because he does not talk so much. At Ragnarǫk he will be Óðinn's avenger on the Fenrir wolf: 'The wolf devours Óðinn who is thus killed; but immediately afterwards Víðarr appears and kicks the lower jaw of the wolf with his foot. He wears a shoe on this foot which was made at the beginning of the world. It sonsists of leather strips which men cut off their shoes at the front or at the heel; therefore everybody who wants to help the Æsir should throw away these strips. Then Víðarr takes the wolf's upper jaw in on hand and rips his mouth apart whereupon he dies'. Víðarr will be one of the gods who survive Ragnarǫk. [7] [8] [1]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Sweden[9] |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[10] |
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0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[11] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[12] |
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n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[13] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Víðarr.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/