ᚨᛊᚢᚷᚨᛊᛞᛁᛉ
Appearance
Proto-Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ, “god”) + *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ, “guest”).
Proper noun
[edit]ᚨᛊᚢᚷᚨᛊᛞᛁᛉ (asugasdiʀ /Ą̄sugastīʀ/) m (genitive)
- a male given name
- 200s-400s inscription on the Mycklebostad stone (KJ77)[1]:
- ᚨᛊᚢᚷᚨᛊᛞᛁᛉᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ [...]
- asugasdiʀhlaiwa [...]
- /Ą̄sugastīʀ hlaiwa [...]/
- Ansugastiʀ’s grave.
- 200s-400s inscription on the Mycklebostad stone (KJ77)[1]:
Usage notes
[edit]- The use of ᛞ (d) for /t/ is unexpected, but possibly motivated by deaspiration following /s/.
- For support for this name being in the genitive, compare the Bø stone (KJ78): hnabdas hlaiwa ‘the grave of Hnabdaʀ’.