NEIS

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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

nėiss = 'inglorious', 'dishonoured', 'disdained' [1]

Middle High German

nėisen = 'to afflict', 'to plague' [1]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
U see Ónæisi

Last Element Forms

-hnæisi -nas -nás -næisi -nøss

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)