Åsgeir

See also: Ásgeir

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Æsgeir, Asgeir
Askjei, Askjer (regional variants)

Etymology

From Old Norse Ásgeirr, from áss (“god”) +‎ geirr (“spear”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Ásgeir, Swedish and Danish Asger, German Ansgar, and English Oscar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɔ(ː)sjɛɪr/
(newer, from written form) IPA^(key): /²ɔ(ː)sɡɛɪr/

Proper noun

Åsgeir m (definite Åsgeiren)

a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Åsgeir, equivalent to English Oscar

References

Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Åsgeir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

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