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Old Norse roots
[²æɪ̯ːlɪʋ] · Norwegian Nynorsk
01 / Meaning & origin
Eiliv is a masculine given name documented in Norwegian Nynorsk. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Eilífr.
From Old Norse Eilífr, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalibaʀ) or *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalibaʀ). Cognate with Faroese Eilívur, Icelandic Eilífur and Swedish Eliv.
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Eiliv— “ever living”
Two other names of the North have the same commencement, Eimund, ever protecting, or eternal guard, commonly called Emund, and Eilif, the ever-living, answering to the Greek Ambrosios. Eilif is also written Eiliv, Elliv, Ellef, and even Elof, and Latinized in Elavus.[141]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter V (The Karling Romances), Section V (Richard) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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