Steinarr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ (stainawarijaʀ), consisting of ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ, “stone”) and Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*warjaʀ, “defender”). In some cases, the second part of Steinarr might stem from *ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*harjaʀ, “warrior”), being equivalent to Old High German Steinheri.

Proper noun

Steinarr m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Icelandic: Steinar, Steinarr
• Faroese: Steinar
• Norwegian: Steinar; (dialectal) Steinår
• Old Swedish: Stenar
  • Swedish: Stenar
• Danish: Stener

References

• “Steinar, -war-” in: J. van der Schaar, “Woordenboek van voornamen”, 8. druk, Utrecht 1994, Prisma Woordenboeken, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, →ISBN
• Steinar; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN