AUR

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element of uncertain meaning, sometimes also linked to Latin 'aureum' = 'gold' ^[1]

Gold ornament, viking age
Image by Wolfgang Sauber,^[2]
License: Creative Commons, CC-SA

Old Norse

1) aur = 'again', 'back' ^[3]
2) aur-r = 'water', 'moistness', 'faeces' ^[3]
2) aurr = 'dampness' ^[1]
3) aur-r = 'gravel', 'sand', 'clay' ^[3]
3) aurr = (wet) 'sand', 'gravel' ^[1]

Old High German

1) abur = 'again', 'back' ^[3]
1) avur = 'again', 'back' ^[3]
3) ōrah = 'gritty', 'gravelly ^[3]

Old English

2) éar = 'billow', 'ocean' ^[3]
3) éar = 'soil' ^[3]

Related Names

See Aurnir (2)

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BOD	see Aurboða (Norse)
GALM	see Aurgelmir (Norse)
GEIR	see Ørger (Norse)
GRIM	see Aurgrímnir (Norse)
KONUNG	see Aurkonungr (Norse)
VANDILL	see Aurvandill (Norse)

First Element Forms

Aur-
Ör- Ør- Ǫr-

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by Wolfgang Sauber, source & license
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)

[sim-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)

[2] Wikimedia Commons: Image by Wolfgang Sauber, source & license

[awn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)

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