Finnr

See also: finnr

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • Fiðr

Etymology

From Old Norse finnr (“a Finn, a Sami, a Saomo”), a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers.

Proper noun

Finnr m (genitive Finns)

  1. An exonym by those in Noregr for Sámi people across arctic Scandinavia, also called by exonym Lapplander
  2. An exonym by those in Svíþjóð for Saomo people across Finland
  3. A male given name
  4. A byname informally honoring a male who demonstrates powers of a vǫlva shaman, alluding to the Sámi noaidi shaman who can be male
  5. (Norse mythology) personal name of various alfar and dvergar

Descendants

References
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