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Proto-Norse
Etymology
*ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᛉ (*kelbaʀ, “calf”) + ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaʀ, “slave, servant”). First element a variant of Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, second from *þewaz (“slave, servant”).
Proper noun
ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᚦᛖᚹᚨᛊ (kelbaþewas) (genitive)
- a male given name
Usage notes
- Some authors have rejected reading kelba- as ‘calf’, and instead prefer a name kelbaþewaz ‘tremble-servant’, with the first s- missing.