ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᚦᛖᚹᚨᛊ

Proto-Norse edit

Etymology edit

*ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᛉ (*kelbaʀ, “calf”) +‎ ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaʀ, “slave, servant”). First element a variant of Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, second from *þewaz (“slave, servant”).

Proper noun edit

ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᚦᛖᚹᚨᛊ (kelbaþewas kelbaþewas)

a male given name (genitive)

Usage notes edit

Some authors have rejected reading kelba- as calf, and instead read this word as [s]kelbaþewas (tremble-servant's), with the first s missing.