Fridtjof

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Norwegian Bokmål

Fridtjof Nansen

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Etymology

From Old Norse Friðþjófr. Appears in Old Norse saga and was revived through 19th century literature. Cognate with Swedish Fritiof and Danish Frithjof.

Proper noun

Fridtjof

  1. a male given name

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Friðþjófr where <f> has been misinterpreted as /f/. Compare the semi-learned Fridtjov, Fredtjov and Fridtjuv.

Proper noun

Fridtjof

  1. a male given name, variant of Fridtjov
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