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