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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element. The meaning is probably 'protection, luck' (see Proto-Norse) but has been early associated with the Old Norse word for 'ale': ǫl
It is sometimes difficult or impossible to tell apart form ALA, ADAL, ALF and ALH
Proto-Norse
*alu- = 'protection', 'luck' [1] [2]
alu = 'protection', 'luck' [3] [4]
alu = 'protection' [5]
Old Norse
ǫl = 'ale' (= witcheries) [6]
Old Saxon
alu = 'ale' [7]
alo = 'ale' [8]
Anglo-Saxon
ealu = 'ale' [9]
ealo = 'ale' [8]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRN | see Ǫlbjǫrn |
| BORG | see Olbjørg |
| DIS | see Oldis |
| GAUT | see Algautr |
| GEIR | see Geirǫlul |
| GISL | see Algísl |
| GUD | see Alugōdaz |
| HILD | see Ǫlhildr |
| MOD | see Ǫlmóðr |
| RIK | see AlríkR |
| RUN | see Ǫlrún |
| VALD | see Ǫlvaldr |
| VEIG | see Ölveig |
| VER | see *Aluwīhaz |
| VI | see Alví |
| VID | see Ǫlviðr |
| VIN | see Alawiniz |
| VÖR | see Ǫlvǫr |
| ÞRUÐ | see Alþrúðr |
First Element Forms
Al-
Ala-
Alu-
*Alu-
Au-
Aul-
Eyl-
Ol-
Old-
Oll-
Å-
Öl-
Øl-
Ǫl-
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)
- ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)