Ragnhildr

Old Norse

Etymology

From ragn- (“counsel”) and hildr (“battle”). ragn- is the same word as Old Norse regin (“gods”), Old English regn-.

Proper noun

Ragnhildr f (genitive Ragnhildar, accusative and dative Ragnhildi)

  1. a female given name

Descendants

  • Danish: Ragnhild
  • → Finnish: Rauni
  • Faroese: Ragnhild
  • Icelandic: Ragnhildur
  • Norwegian: Ragnhild
  • Swedish: Ragnhild
  • → Scottish Gaelic: Raonaid, Raghnaid, Raonailt
  • → Irish: Raonait
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