Fridtjof
Norwegian Bokmål
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Friðþjófr. Appears in Old Norse saga and was revived through 19th century literature. Cognate with Swedish Fritiof and Danish Frithjof.
Proper noun
[edit]Fridtjof
- a male given name
References
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Fridtjof on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.Wikipedia nb
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Old Norse Friðþjófr where <f> has been misinterpreted as /f/. Compare the semi-learned Fridtjov, Fredtjov and Fridtjuv.
Proper noun
[edit]Fridtjof
- a male given name, variant of Fridtjov
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål given names
- Norwegian Bokmål male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk learned borrowings from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names