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TRYGG
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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*treuwaz = 'having or characterized by good faith'
Old Norse
tryggr = 'trusty', 'true', 'safe' [1] [2]
tryggr = 'trusty', 'faithful' [3] [4]
tryggr = 'trusty', 'fearless' [5]
tryggr = 'trusty', 'faithful', 'true'; 'without apprehension', 'safe' [6]
Gothic
triggw-s = 'trusty', 'fearless' [5]
Old High German
gatriuwu = 'faithful', 'trusty'
Old Frisian
triowi = 'faithful', 'trusty'
Old English
treowe (Mercian) = 'faithful', 'trustworthy', 'honest'
triewe (West Saxon) = 'faithful', 'trustworthy', 'honest'
Related Names
See *Triggwa (Norse), Triuwo (German), Trewa (English)
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| GEIR | see Geirtryggur |
| HER | see Hertryggr |
| SIG | see SigtryggR |
| U | see ÓtryggR |
| ULF | see TryggulfR |
| VALD | see Tryggvald |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
-tryg -trygg -tryggi -tryggr -tryggR -tryggur
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)