STAFN

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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

stafn = 'stem' (of a ship, prow or stern [1] [2]

Anglo-Saxon

stefn = 'stem' (of a ship, prow or stern) [1] [2]

Related Names

See Stafn

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
GRIM see Stafngrímr

First Element Forms

Stafn-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)