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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse Áslaug.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Áslaug f (proper noun, genitive singular Áslaugar)
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of
Áslaug (
sg-only feminine, based on -laug)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Old Norse áss (“deity”) and laug which probably means “consecrated, promised”, which is cognate to Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan, “to marry”).
Proper noun
Áslaug f
- a female given name
Descendants
Further reading
- Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
- Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964