Eilífr

See also: eilífr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ) or *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalībaʀ). From Proto Germanic Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) or *aiwaz (“always, eternity”), and *lībą (“life”) with added masculine -aʀ (akin to Leifr m from leif f).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): [ˈæi̯ːliːβɹ̝]
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): [ˈɛi̯ːliːvr̩]

Proper noun

Eilífr m (genitive Eilífs)

  1. a male given name. Sometimes romanised to Eilif

Declension
  Declension of Eilífr (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Eilífr
accusative Eilíf
dative Eilífi
genitive Eilífs

Descendants
  • Icelandic: Eilífur
  • Faroese: Eilívur
  • Norwegian: Eiliv, Eilev (the latter also from Eileifr)
  • Old Swedish: Elif, Elf
    • Swedish: Eliv, Elov, Elof, Elver, Elv, Älffer
      • → German: Elov
  • Old Danish: Elif
  • → Danish: Ejlif

References
  1. Entry “Æilīfʀ” in: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002) by Lena Peterson at the Swedish Institute for Linguistics and Heritage (Institutet för språk och folkminnen).
  2. Entry “ÆilífR” at Nordic Names Wiki. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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