"Bjarni" meaning in Old Norse

See Bjarni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Bjarna [genitive]
Etymology: Short form of Old Norse given names that contain Bjarn-, Bjǫrn- or -bjǫrn, such as Þórbjǫrn, Ásbjǫrn etc. Finally from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”) See also Bjǫrn. Etymology templates: {{der|non|gem-pro|*berô||bear}} Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|tr=}} Bjarni m, {{non-proper noun|m|Bjarna}} Bjarni m (genitive Bjarna)
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Old Norse given names, Old Norse male given names
    Sense id: en-Bjarni-non-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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            "1": "da",
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      ],
      "text": "Danish: Bjarne"
    },
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Bjarni"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "is",
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          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Bjarni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Icelandic: Bjarni"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Bjarne"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Swedish: Bjarne"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      ]
    }
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        {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Bjarne"
    },
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          },
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        }
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    },
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            "2": "Bjarni"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Bjarni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Bjarni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "Bjarne"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Bjarne"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*berô",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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