Given name
Hervarðr
“army”·“guard”
Hervarðr is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hervarðr is built from elements meaning “army” and “guard”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Germanic *Harjawardaz, built from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”) + *wardaz (“guard”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hervarðr’s family of names
In Old Norse usage, Hervarðr shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Hereweard. In Old Norse usage, Hervarðr shares a linguistic root with the Icelandic form Hervör.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Hervarðr has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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