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ᚹᛁᛞᚢᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ

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Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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From *ᚹᛁᛞᚢᛉ (*widuʀ, wood, forest) +‎ *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ, guest).

Proper noun

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ᚹᛁᛞᚢᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (widugastiʀ /Widugastiʀ/) m

  1. a male given name
    • c. 300–500, inscription on the Sunde runestone[1]
      ᚹᛁᛞᚢᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ
      widugastiʀ
      /Widugastiʀ/
      Wood-guest

References

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  1. ^ Inscription/entry N KJ90 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.