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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*nes- = 'to be saved', 'to recover', 'to convalesce' [1]
Proto-Norse
*NaRja- = 'to rescue', 'to save' [2]
Old Norse
næra = 'to feed' [1]
Gothic
nasjan = 'to rescue', 'to save' [2] [3]
Old High German
genesan = 'to be saved', 'to recover', 'to convalesce' [1]
nėren = 'to rescue', 'to save', 'to heal', 'to feed' [3]
nerian = 'to rescue', 'to save' [1] [2]
Old Frisian
nėra = 'to rescue', 'to save', 'to heal', 'to feed' [3]
Old Saxon
nėrian = 'to rescue', 'to save', 'to heal', 'to feed' [3]
Old English
nėrian = 'to rescue', 'to save', 'to heal', 'to feed' [3]
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| EID | see Nereiðr |
| HEID | see Nereiðr |