Friðþjófr

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Friðþjófr m (genitive Friðþjófs)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
  2. ^ Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964