Óláfr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === ᚢᛚᛅᚠᛦ (ulafʀ), ᚬᛚᛅᚠᛦ (ąlafʀ), ᚢᛚᛅᚠᚱ (ulafr) — Runic form Ǫ́láfr, Óleifr, Áleifr, Ǫ́leifr === Etymology === From earlier Ǫ́leifr, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz (whence Old English Ānlāf), consisting of *anô (“ancestor”) and *laibō (“remainder”). The first part of the name is cognate to German Ahn (“ancestor”) and Latin anus (“old woman”). === Pronunciation === (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /ˈɒ̃ːlæɪβɹ̝/, [ˈɒ̃ː.læɪβ̥ɹ̻̊˔] (13th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈoːlɒːvr/ === Proper noun === Óláfr m a male given name ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Old Norse: Óli (nickname) Icelandic: Óli Faroese: Óli Norwegian: Ole Swedish: Olle Danish: Ole → Finnish: Olli Icelandic: Áleifur, Ólafur Faroese: Ólavur Norwegian: Olav, Ola, → Olaf Old Swedish: Olawær Swedish: Olof, Olov Danish: Olaf, Olav, Oluf → English: Olaf → Estonian: Olev → Finnish: Olavi, Uolevi → Latin: Olaus → Faroese: Lávus → Middle Irish: Amlaíb (< Ǫ́lęifr, with nasal ǫ́-)Irish: AmhlaoibhManx: AuleeScottish Gaelic: Amhlaidh, Amhlaigh → Polish: Olaf → Portuguese: Olavo → Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž → Spanish: Olavo === Further reading === “Olaf” in: J. van der Schaar, “Woordenboek van voornamen”, 8. druk, Utrecht 1994, Prisma Woordenboeken, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, →ISBN Olav; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “Óláfr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press