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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*uzda- = 'thistle', 'hawthorn' [1]
*uzda- = 'point', 'peak' [2]
*uzđa- = 'point', 'peak' [3]
Old Norse
oddr = 'point' (of a weapon) [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
oddr = 'spear' [1] [4] [6] [8]
oddr = 'spur' [1] [4]
oddr = 'leader', 'chief' [1] [4]
oddr = 'front' (of an army) [4]
Gothic
*uzds = 'point' (of a weapon) [9]
Old Swedish
udder = 'point' [5] [10]
udder = 'point', 'arrow' [11]
odder = 'point' [5]
odder = 'point', 'arrow' [11]
Old Saxon
ord = 'point' (of a weapon) [1] [9] [2]
ord = 'spear' [1]
ord = 'spur' [1]
ord = 'leader', 'chief' [1]
Old High German
ort = 'point' (of a weapon) [1] [9] [3] [2]
ort = 'spear' [1]
ort = 'spur' [1]
ort = 'leader', 'chief' [1]
ort = 'front' [3]
ort = 'beginning' [2]
ort = 'end point' [2]
ort = 'corner' [2]
Old English
ord = 'point' (of a weapon) [9] [3] [2]
ord = 'spear' [3]
ord = 'end point' [3]
ord = 'beginning' [2]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ARN | see Arnoddr (Norse) |
| AS | see Ásoddr (Norse) |
| BJÖRN | see Oddbjǫrn (Norse) and Bjørnodd (Norse) |
| BORG | see Oddbjǫrg (Norse) |
| FINN | see Oddfinnur (Norse) |
| FREJ | see Oddfreyr (Norse) |
| FRID | see Oddfreður (Norse) |
| FRÍÐ | see Oddfríðr (Norse) |
| GEIR | see Oddgeirr (Norse) and Geirodd (Norse) |
| GERD | see Oddgerðr (Norse) |
| GRIM | see Oddgrim (Norse) |
| GUNN | see Oddgunn (Norse) |
| HER | see Oddar (Norse) |
| HILD | see Oddhildur (Norse) |
| JOR | see Jorodd (Norse) |
| KETILL | see Oddkell (Norse) |
| LAUG | see Oddlaug (Norse) |
| LEIF | see Oddleifr (Norse) |
| LEIK | see Oddleik (Norse) |
| LI | see Oddly (Norse) |
| LIN | see Oddlin (Norse) |
| MANN | see Oddmann (Norse) |
| MAR | see Oddmarr (Norse) |
| MUND | see Oddmund (Norse) |
| NADD | see Naddoðr (Norse) |
| NOR | see Norodd (Norse) |
| NY | see Oddný (Norse) |
| ORM | see Uddorm (Norse) |
| RUN | see Oddrún (Norse) and Ortrun (German) |
| SIG | see Siguroddur (Norse) |
| STEIN | see Oddsteinn (Norse) and Steinoddr (Norse) |
| ULF | see UddulfR (Norse) |
| VAK | see Oddvakr (Norse) |
| VAL | see Valoddi? (Norse) |
| VALD | see Oddvaldur (Norse) |
| VAR | see Uddvarr (Norse) |
| VARD | see Oddvard (Norse) |
| VEIG | see Oddveig (Norse) |
| VIG | see Ortwig (German) |
| VIN | see Ortwin (German) and Oddvin (Norse) |
| VÖR | see Oddvǫr (Norse) |
| ÞOR | see Þóroddr (Norse) and Oddþór (Norse) |
| ÞRUÐ | see Ortrud (German) |
First Element Forms
Od-
Odd-
Ord-
Ort-
Ot-
U-
Ud-
Udd-
Last Element Forms
-odd -odda -oddi -oddr -oddur -oðr -oður
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)