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Róaldur

“praise, fame” + “ruler, chieftain”

Language context for this entry: Faroese

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Origin: Proto-Germanic
1 language context: Faroese
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01 / Meaning & origin

About Róaldur

Róaldur is a masculine given name documented in Faroese. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Germanic via Old Norse, from the components “praise, fame” + “ruler, chieftain”.

Proto-Germanic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “praise, fame” + “ruler, chieftain”

From Old Norse Róaldr, Old Norse Hróaldr, from earlier Hróðvaldr, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwaldaz, *Hrōþawaldaz, from *hrōþiz (“praise, fame”) + *waldaz (“ruler, chieftain”). Cognate with Icelandic Hróaldur, Norwegian Roald, and Old High German Hrodowald.

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Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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About Róaldur

Róaldur is a masculine given name documented in Faroese. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Germanic via Old Norse, from the components “praise, fame” + “ruler, chieftain”.

Proto-Germanic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “praise, fame” + “ruler, chieftain”

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Old Norse
Proto-Germanic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Proto-language forms marked with an asterisk in the source are reconstructions, rather than dated records of a person using the name.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RóaldurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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