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in reply to a message by Greenery
someone has submitted the name Osla and it looks like they've researched it a bit, but they don't give a derivation for the meaning 'consecrated by God' other than it's Old Norse. This is kind of similar to the meaning given for Aslaug on this site and appears on other baby name websites as the meaning.
http://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=osla
searching the IGI it is definitely confined to Shetland and the very north of Scotland i.e those parts which were under Viking occupation and have mostly Scandinavian influence (as opposed to Celtic)
It would seem very likely that Aslaug is correct.
We must hang up in the belfry where the bats and moonlight laugh
We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past
Into the caverns of tomorrow with just our flashlights and our love
We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge
http://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=osla
searching the IGI it is definitely confined to Shetland and the very north of Scotland i.e those parts which were under Viking occupation and have mostly Scandinavian influence (as opposed to Celtic)
It would seem very likely that Aslaug is correct.
We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past
Into the caverns of tomorrow with just our flashlights and our love
We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge
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