Friðþjófr
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Old Norse [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse friðr (“peace”) + þjófr (“thief”). Maybe a kenning (a metaphorical phrase used in Old Norse poetry) for a fighter[1]. Revived through Esaias Tegnérs Frithjofs saga[2].
Proper noun [edit]
Friðþjófr m
- A male given name.
Descendants [edit]
- Danish: Frithjof, Frithiof
- Icelandic: Friðþjófur
- Norwegian: Fridtjof, Fridtjov
- Swedish: Fritjof, Fritiof
References [edit]
- ^ Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, ISBN 82-991668-0-2
- ^ Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964
