HÖFN

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Origin and Meaning

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Old Norse

hǫfn = 'haven', 'harbour' [1] [2] [3]

Icelandic

höfn = 'haven', 'harbour'

Related Names

See Hafni

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
HER see Hafnar

First Element Forms

Hafn-

References

  1. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  2. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  3. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)