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Contents
Origin and Meaning
This name element is closely related to VI, VIG and VERR
Ancient Germanic
*-wīhaʐ = (male) (pagan) 'priest' [1]
*-wīhaʐ = (male) 'fighter' [1]
Proto-Norse
*wihar = 'holy one' [2]
*wīhaR = 'fighter' [3] [4]
*wīha- = 'holy' [5]
Old Norse
vér = 'fighter' [6]
vér = 'fighter' [3]
vér = (pagan) 'priest' [3]
Gothic
weihs = 'holy' [1] [4] [7]
weiha = (pagan) 'priest' [3]
weihan = 'to fight' [1] [4] [7]
Related Names
See *Wīhaz
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ALA | see AlvéR |
| ALH | see AlvéR |
| DYR | see DýRvéR |
| GUD | see GuðvéR |
| HROD | see *HróþiwíhaR |
| HREID | see HræiðiR |
| MOD | see *Móð-wíhaR |
| RAND | see Randvér |
| RANN | see Rannver |
| SOL | see *Sǫlvér |
| SLAG | see SlagvéR |
| ÞJOÐ | see ÞiúðvéR |
| ÞOR | see *Þunrawīhaz (Norse) |
| ÖL | see *Aluwīhaz |
Last Element Forms
-er
-ir
-iR
-ve
-ver
-vér
-wíhaR
-wīhaz
-vir
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Per Vikstrand: Förkristna sakrala personnamn i Skandinavien (Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica 27 (2009), 5–31)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)