Eilífr

See also: eilífr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• Æilīfʀ
• ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᛦ (ailifʀ), ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᚱ (ailifr), ᛂᛚᛁᚠᚱ (elifr) — runic

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ) or *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalībaʀ). From Proto Germanic Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) or *aiwaz (“always, eternity”), and *lībą (“life”) with added masculine -aʀ (akin to Leifr m from leif f).

Pronunciation

• (9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): [ˈæi̯ːliːβɹ̝]
• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): [ˈɛi̯ːliːvr̩]

Proper noun

Eilífr m (genitive Eilífs)

1. a male given name. Sometimes romanised to Eilif

Declension

  Declension of Eilífr (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Eilífr
accusative	Eilíf
dative	Eilífi
genitive	Eilífs

Related terms

• Eileifr, Eiláfr

Descendants

• Icelandic: Eilífur
• Faroese: Eilívur
• Norwegian: Eiliv, Eilev (the latter also from Eileifr)
• Old Swedish: Elif, Elf
  • Swedish: Eliv, Elov, Elof, Elver, Elv, Älffer
    • → German: Elov
• Old Danish: Elif
• → Danish: Ejlif