Eikinskjaldi
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From eikinn (“oaken”) + skjǫldr (“shield”), thus meaning “One with Oaken Shield”.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Eikinskjaldi m (genitive Eikinskjalda)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: Eikinskjaldi
- Faroese: Eikinskjaldi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Eikenskjalde, Eikinskjalde, Eikenskjold
- Swedish: Ekenskjalde, Eikinskjalde
- Danish: Ekinskjalde, Eikinskjalde
References
[edit]- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4