Steinunn´s Hjördís

 Steinunn´s Hjördís – Welpe 1 – female

Icelandic younger form of Hjǫrdís

Old Norse name
Combination of HJÖR and DIS

Germanic name element
Proto-Norse
*heruR = ’sword‘ ^[2] [3]

Old Norse
hjǫrr = ’sword‘ ^[2] [4]
hiǫrr = ’sword‘ ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Germanic name element which is closely related to the name element ID and to Sanskrit dhisaná = ‚female deity‘

Old Norse
dís = ‚female deity‘ ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
dís = ‚Norse goddess‘ ^[1]
dis = ‚wise woman‘, ’seeress‘ ^[6]
dîs = ‚goddess‘ ^[6]
dís = ‚lady‘ (in poetry) ^[2]
dís = ‚woman‘, ‚lady‘ ^[3]
dis = ‚woman‘, ‚virgin‘ ^[6] [7]
dís = ‚woman‘, ’sister‘ ^[4]

Gothic
deisei = ‚wisdom‘ ^[7]
deis = ‚wise‘ ^[8]

Old Saxon
idis = ‚woman‘, ‚virgin‘ ^[6] [7]
idis = ‚wise woman‘, ’seeress‘ ^[6]

Anglo-Saxon
ides = ‚woman‘, ‚virgin‘ ^[7]

Old High German
itis = ‚woman‘, ‚virgin‘ ^[6] [7]
itis = ‚wise woman‘, ’seeress‘ ^{[6] [3] [9]}

Light Red colour
Little white stripes on neck and head, little white blaze,
whitetail tip, white breast and belly, all 4 paws white, left front leg white,
hind paws with double dewclaws