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A given name in Icelandic
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01 / Meaning & origin
Angantýr is a masculine given name documented in Icelandic.
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ANGANTYR— “favourite of Tyr”
Tyr has few namesakes. Tyre and Thyra, in the North, are the only direct ones; but it sometimes finishes a word, as in the case of Angantyr, favourite of Tyr, the warrior who obtained the terrible sword, Tyrfing, forged by the dwarfs, which did, indeed, always give victory, but which would never go back into its scabbard till it had been fed with, at least, one human life. The _dio_, or _thius_, of the old Gothic and German names thus arose, such as Alathius, the Latinized…
Tyr has few namesakes. Tyre and Thyra, in the North, are the only direct ones; but it sometimes finishes a word, as in the case of Angantyr, favourite of Tyr, the warrior who obtained the terrible sword, Tyrfing, forged by the dwarfs, which did, indeed, always give victory, but which would never go back into its scabbard till it had been fed with, at least, one human life. The _dio_, or _thius_, of the old Gothic and German names thus arose, such as Alathius, the Latinized Halltyr, and the like.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section VII (Tyr) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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