Eldbjørg

Faroese

Proper noun

Eldbjørg f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Eldbjørg: Eldbjargarson
  • daughter of Eldbjørg: Eldbjargardóttir

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Eldbjørg
Accusative Eldbjørg
Dative Eldbjørg
Genitive Eldbjargar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Newer combination of eld (“fire”) +‎ bjørg (“salvation, help”). Cognate with Faroese Eldbjørg, and Icelandic and Swedish Eldbjörg.

Also a dialectal (Halvemål) variant of Hallbjørg, from Old Norse Hallbjǫrg, from hallr (“stone”) +‎ bjǫrg (“salvation”).

Proper noun

Eldbjørg f (definite Eldbjørga)

  1. a female given name from Old Norse

Derived terms
  • eldbjørgdagen

References
  • Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Eldbjørg”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
  • Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1 418 females with the given name Eldbjørg living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 30th March, 2023.
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