Åsgeir
See also: Ásgeir
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Ásgeirr, from áss (“god”) + geirr (“spear”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Ásgeir, Swedish and Danish Asger, German Ansgar, and English Oscar
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Åsgeir m (definite Åsgeiren)
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Åsgeir, equivalent to English Oscar
References edit
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Åsgeir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN