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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)
- a male given name
Descendants
References
- ^ Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
- ^ Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964