- Old High
German zweiio Proto-Germanic *triwwiz ("faithful") > Old
Norse tryggr,
Gothic triggws, but > Old High
German triuwi,
German treu, Old English...
-
given name most
common in Norway.
Trygve is
derived from the Old
Norse tryggr,
meaning "true, trustworthy",
cognate with Old
English treowe, Old High...
- 'trustworthy' *trewwjaz with
sharpening *triwwjaz
Gothic triggws Old
Norse tryggr without sharpening *triuwjaz Old
English trēowe Old High
German gitriuwi...
-
Compare Modern English true,
German treu, with
Gothic triggws, Old
Norse tryggr. However, it has been
suggested that
these are, in fact, two
separate and...
- Old High
German (ga)triuwu (Modern
German treu "faithful"), Old
Norse tryggr,
Gothic triggws, all from a Proto-Germanic *trewwj- "having good faith"...
- Proto-Germanic *trewwjaz 'trustworthy, faithful' →: *triwwjaz: Old
Norse tryggr,
Gothic triggws *triuwjaz: Old
English trēowe, Old High
German gitriuwi...
- of two elements: the first, Sig-,
means "victory"; the
second element, -
tryggr,
means "true". Mac
Sitric and Mag
Sitric are
masculine surnames. The form...
- Old Norse: Tryggvi, Latin:
Thrygir The
definite form of the ON
adjective tryggr ("reliable"). He
appears at the m****ive
Battle of Brávellir as one of the...
