Eldbjørg
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Faroese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Eldbjørg f
- a female given name
Usage notes[edit]
Matronymics
- son of Eldbjørg: Eldbjargarson
- daughter of Eldbjørg: Eldbjargardóttir
Declension[edit]
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Eldbjørg |
Accusative | Eldbjørg |
Dative | Eldbjørg |
Genitive | Eldbjargar |
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Newer combination of eld (“fire”) + bjørg (“salvation, help”). Cognate with Faroese Eldbjørg, and Icelandic and Swedish Eldbjörg.
Also a dialectal (Halvemål) variant of Hallbjørg, from Old Norse Hallbjǫrg, from hallr (“stone”) + bjǫrg (“salvation”).
Proper noun[edit]
Eldbjørg f (definite Eldbjørga)
- a female given name from Old Norse
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Eldbjørg”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN
- Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1 418 females with the given name Eldbjørg living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 30th March, 2023.
Categories:
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk compound terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Norse compound terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names from Old Norse