Type Word & Element Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Old English word meaning "boldness, daring". Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesnand(Frankish) nanþa(Gothic) nanþaz(Old Germanic) nand(Old High German) Given Name DescendantsÆlfnoð, Æthelnoð, Wulfnoð(Anglo-Saxon) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 383.