Friðþjófr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Friðþjófr m (genitive Friðþjófs)
- a male given name
Descendants edit
- Danish: Frithjof, Frithiof
- Icelandic: Friðþjófur
- Norwegian: Fridtjof, Fridtjov
- Swedish: Fritjof, Fritiof
References edit
- ^ Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
- ^ Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964