Type Word & Element
Usage Anglo-Saxon
Meaning & History
Old English word meaning "spear".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesgair(Frankish) gails, gais(Gothic) ger(Old Frisian) gaizaz(Old Germanic) ger(Old High German) geirr(Old Norse) ger(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsÆlfgar, Eadgar, Hroðgar, Hrothgar, Osgar(Anglo-Saxon) Oskar(Basque) Ogier, Ruggiero(Carolingian Cycle) Òscar, Roger(Catalan) Oskar(Czech) Asger, Oscar, Oskar(Danish) Oscar, Roger, Rogier, Rutger(Dutch) Edgar, Oscar, Roger, Adair, Algar, Alger, Rodger(English) Oskar(Estonian) Oskari, Oskar(Finnish) Edgar, Edgard, Oscar, Roger(French) Ansgar, Edgar, Oskar, Roger, Rüdiger(German) Ansegar, Ansgar, Audagar, Autchar, Hrodger, Otgar(Germanic) Oszkár, Rezső(Hungarian) Ásgeir, Óskar(Icelandic) Oscar(Irish) Oscar(Irish Mythology) Edgardo, Oscar, Ruggero, Ruggiero(Italian) Edgars, Oskars(Latvian) Edgaras(Lithuanian) Ansgar, Asgeir, Oscar, Oskar, Roar, Roger(Norwegian) Ansugaizaz, Hrōþigaizaz(Old Germanic) Ásgeirr, Hróarr, Hróðgeirr(Old Norse) Oskar(Polish) Edgar, Óscar, Rogério(Portuguese) Oscar(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Oskár(Slovak) Oskar(Slovene) Édgar, Edgardo, Óscar, Rogelio(Spanish) Ansgar, Oscar, Oskar, Roger(Swedish)
