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ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ

Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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From *ᚹᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*wagaʀ, “wave”) +‎ *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ, “guest”).

Proper noun

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ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (wagagastiʀ /Wāgagastiʀ/) m

  1. a male given name
    • c. 340–360, Nydam V axe handle[1]:
      ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉᚨᛚᚢ ᛬ ᚹᛁᚺᚷᚢᛊᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ ᛬ ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ
      wagagastiʀ ¶ alu : wihgusikijaʀ : aiþalataʀ
      /Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu wīhgu Sīkijaʀ Aiþalātaʀ/
      Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu. I fight (or: I consecrate). Sīkijaʀ. Aiþalātaʀ.

References

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  1. ^ Inscription/entry SJy 67 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2024.
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