Eldbjørg

== Faroese == === Proper noun === Eldbjørg f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics Eldbjørg's son: Eldbjargarson Eldbjørg's daughter: Eldbjargardóttir ==== Declension ==== == 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) a female given name from Old Norse ==== Derived terms ==== eldbjørgdagen === References === Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Eldbjørg”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 90 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.