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A given name in Icelandic
Language context for this entry: Icelandic
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01 / Meaning & origin
Geirbjörg is a feminine given name documented in Icelandic.
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GEIRBJORG— “spear protection”
The Gerberge of French history, the queen of Louis l'Outremer, was the same as the Geirbjorg of the North: Gerwin, or spear friend, made the Guarin of France, whence the Waryn of a few English families, and Guarino of Italy.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section VII (Ghernot) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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