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VAGN
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse
vagn = 'vehicle', 'sledge', 'wagon', 'carriage' [1] [2]
vagn = 'vehicle', 'hand-barrow', sledge', 'chariot', 'carriage' [3]
vagn = 'wagon', 'wain', 'sledge', 'bier' [4]
Old High German
wagan = 'wagon', 'wain', 'sledge', 'bier' [4]
Old Saxon
wagan = 'wagon', 'wain', 'sledge', 'bier' [4]
Old Frisian
wein = 'wagon', 'wain', 'sledge', 'bier' [4]
Old English
wægen = 'cart', 'wagon' [5]
wæġn = 'wagon', 'wain', 'sledge', 'bier' [4]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BORG | see Vagnborg |
| FRÍÐ | see Vagnfríður |
| VAR | see Vagnar |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)