Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Old Norse (home) + garðr (in the older, abstract meaning “protection”).

Proper noun

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Végarðr m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • Norwegian: Vegard, Vegar

References

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  • Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Vegard”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
  • Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964