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Re: Joringel
It's more than likely that the name "Joringel" (a boys name) is
the diminutive of "Jorin" (cf. Gretel for Margarete)
Jorin is a Frisian form of the
old German name "Eberwin" which means "friend of the boar"
so in Joringels case it would be "little friend of the boar".
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Thanks!
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