"Óláfr" meaning in Old Norse

See Óláfr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɒ̃ːlɑːβɹ̝/ [Norse, West, obsolete], [ˈɒ̃ː.lɑːβ̥ɹ̻̊˔] [Norse, West, obsolete], /ˈoːlɒːvr/ (note: 13th century Icelandic)
Etymology: From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ /⁠Anulaibaz⁠/) (whence also variants Óleifr, Áleifr, Old English Ānlāf), from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz, consisting of *anô (“ancestor”) and *laibō (“remainder”). The first part of the name is cognate to German Ahn (“ancestor”) and Latin anus (“old woman”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gmq-pro|*ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ|ts=Anulaibaz}} Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ /⁠Anulaibaz⁠/), {{cog|ang|Ānlāf}} Old English Ānlāf, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*Anulaibaz}} Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz, {{cog|de|Ahn||ancestor}} German Ahn (“ancestor”), {{cog|la|anus||old woman}} Latin anus (“old woman”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|tr=}} Óláfr m, {{non-proper noun|m}} Óláfr m
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Old Norse given names, Old Norse male given names Synonyms: Óleifr, Áleifr
    Sense id: en-Óláfr-non-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header

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            "3": "Óli"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Ólafur, Óli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Ólafur, Óli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Ólavur",
            "3": "Óli"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Ólavur, Óli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Ólavur, Óli"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "Olav",
            "3": "Ola",
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            "bor3": "1"
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          "expansion": "Norwegian: Olav, Ola, → Olaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Olav, Ola, → Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "Olawær"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: Olawær",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: Olawær (Early Old Swedish), Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Olof",
            "3": "Olov",
            "4": "Olle"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Olof, Olov, Olle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Olof, Olov, Olle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Olaf",
            "3": "Olav",
            "4": "Ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Olaf, Olav, Ole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Olaf, Olav, Ole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Olaf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Olaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "Olev",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: Olev",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: Olev"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "Olavi",
            "3": "Olli",
            "4": "Uolevi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: Olavi, Olli, Uolevi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: Olavi, Olli, Uolevi"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Olaus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Olaus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Olaus"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Lávus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: Lávus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: Lávus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "Amlaíb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: Amlaíb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: Amlaíb"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "Amhlaoibh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: Amhlaoibh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: Amhlaoibh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "Amhlaidh",
            "3": "Amhlaigh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: Amhlaidh, Amhlaigh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: Amhlaidh, Amhlaigh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "Olaf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: Olaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Olavo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Olavo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Olavo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sms",
            "2": "Åʹll",
            "3": "Åållaž",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Olavo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Olavo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: Olavo"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ /⁠Anulaibaz⁠/)",
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        "4": "ancestor"
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      "expansion": "German Ahn (“ancestor”)",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "anus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "old woman"
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      "expansion": "Latin anus (“old woman”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ /⁠Anulaibaz⁠/) (whence also variants Óleifr, Áleifr, Old English Ānlāf), from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz, consisting of *anô (“ancestor”) and *laibō (“remainder”).\nThe first part of the name is cognate to German Ahn (“ancestor”) and Latin anus (“old woman”).",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Óláfr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Óláfr m",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Norse given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Norse male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Óláfr-non-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Óleifr"
        },
        {
          "word": "Áleifr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒ̃ːlɑːβɹ̝/",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɒ̃ː.lɑːβ̥ɹ̻̊˔]",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːlɒːvr/",
      "note": "13th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Óláfr"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Ólafur",
            "3": "Óli"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Ólafur, Óli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Ólafur, Óli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Ólavur",
            "3": "Óli"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Ólavur, Óli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Ólavur, Óli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "Olav",
            "3": "Ola",
            "4": "Olaf",
            "bor3": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: Olav, Ola, → Olaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Olav, Ola, → Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "Olawær"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: Olawær",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: Olawær (Early Old Swedish), Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Olof",
            "3": "Olov",
            "4": "Olle"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Olof, Olov, Olle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Olof, Olov, Olle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Olaf",
            "3": "Olav",
            "4": "Ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Olaf, Olav, Ole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Olaf, Olav, Ole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Olaf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Olaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "Olev",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: Olev",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: Olev"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "Olavi",
            "3": "Olli",
            "4": "Uolevi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: Olavi, Olli, Uolevi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: Olavi, Olli, Uolevi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Olaus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Olaus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Olaus"
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    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Lávus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: Lávus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: Lávus"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "Amlaíb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: Amlaíb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: Amlaíb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "Amhlaoibh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: Amhlaoibh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: Amhlaoibh"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "Amhlaidh",
            "3": "Amhlaigh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: Amhlaidh, Amhlaigh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: Amhlaidh, Amhlaigh"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "Olaf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: Olaf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: Olaf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Olavo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Olavo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Olavo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sms",
            "2": "Åʹll",
            "3": "Åållaž",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Olavo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Olavo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: Olavo"
    }
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        "4": "ancestor"
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      "expansion": "German Ahn (“ancestor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "anus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "old woman"
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      "expansion": "Latin anus (“old woman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ /⁠Anulaibaz⁠/) (whence also variants Óleifr, Áleifr, Old English Ānlāf), from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz, consisting of *anô (“ancestor”) and *laibō (“remainder”).\nThe first part of the name is cognate to German Ahn (“ancestor”) and Latin anus (“old woman”).",
  "head_templates": [
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        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Óláfr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Óláfr m",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
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    {
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        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse given names",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse male given names",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse proper nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse",
        "Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒ̃ːlɑːβɹ̝/",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɒ̃ː.lɑːβ̥ɹ̻̊˔]",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːlɒːvr/",
      "note": "13th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Óleifr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Áleifr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Óláfr"
}

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