Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element (see also BIF)
Old Norse
bifa = 'story', 'narration' [1] [2]
bif- = 'painted' (with storytelling ornaments) [3]
Combinations
First Element Forms
Bib-
Bif-
References
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)