Wigidonar

Wigidonar

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ᚹᛁᚷᛁᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ

Etymology

The interpretation of the element wigi- is disputed and may represent Proto-Germanic *wīgą (“battle”) or a related form, a form related to *wīhaz (“sacred”), or something else. The second element is Donar, representing Proto-Germanic *Þunraz.

Proper noun

Wigidonar m

1. a name of Donar, the god of thunder
   • 6th or 7th century, Nordendorf Fibula:

     ᛚᛟᚷᚨᚦᛟᚱᛖ
     

     ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ
     

     ᚹᛁᚷᛁᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ

     logaþore
     

     wodan

     wigiþonar

     Sorcerers (?)
     

     Wodan
     

     Battle-Donar (?)

Declension

Declension of Wigidonar (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	Wigidonar	Wigidonara
accusative	Wigidonar	Wigidonara
genitive	Wigidonares	Wigidonaro
dative	Wigidonare	Wigidonarum
instrumental	Wigidonaru	—