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[Facts] Re: Nordic Name help
Nordic names, which references a larger number of Scandinavian onomasticons hasStyrbiǫrn
Styrfastr
Styrger (13th C)
Styrgerður (recent)
Styrkollr
Styrkárr
StyrlaugR
StyrlakRa couple of these exist in Saxon records, probably as the Danish names of English moneyers. According to Cleasby styr is a poetic euphemism for "war, battle" in compounds.

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