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ArchivesRe: scandinavian surnames...anyone know their meaning?
in reply to a message by Menke
I think you are right in that that hovman is a scandinavian vriant of hoffman.
In sweden a Hovman is a a man who works at court (you know where the king and queens are). Hov - court, man - man.
Holm is a very common ending in scandinavian last names.
It dosen't mean home, but something more like islet.
Bagge means ram in swedish, but it's alsobilbo BAGGERS last name in the first swedish translation.
Cedergren means ceder branch
Stengade should mean stone street (I'm not really shore because it looks like norweigen or danish).
Pilmark means something like willow ground or arrow ground.
In sweden a Hovman is a a man who works at court (you know where the king and queens are). Hov - court, man - man.
Holm is a very common ending in scandinavian last names.
It dosen't mean home, but something more like islet.
Bagge means ram in swedish, but it's alsobilbo BAGGERS last name in the first swedish translation.
Cedergren means ceder branch
Stengade should mean stone street (I'm not really shore because it looks like norweigen or danish).
Pilmark means something like willow ground or arrow ground.
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thank you
that's a much nicer answer than Sean Foglai gave to me
by the way, i finally found a site about some common Norwegian words and this is what puzzled together:
Nørgaard = northern farm
Ostergaard = eastern farm
Vestergaard would be 'western farm'
And Hasselflug and Scherfig are Danish surnames (not Jewish), but Wichmann is not Scandinavian, it seems German, a variant of Weichmann.
that's a much nicer answer than Sean Foglai gave to me
by the way, i finally found a site about some common Norwegian words and this is what puzzled together:
Nørgaard = northern farm
Ostergaard = eastern farm
Vestergaard would be 'western farm'
And Hasselflug and Scherfig are Danish surnames (not Jewish), but Wichmann is not Scandinavian, it seems German, a variant of Weichmann.
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