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Gender Masculine
Other Forms FormsGarðarr (Old Norse)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Old Norse elements gerðr meaning "enclosure, yard, protection" and arr meaning "warrior". Garðarr Svavarsson (sometimes spelled Garðar) was a Swede who was the first Scandinavian to stay over winter in Iceland, in the 860s. He named it Garðarshólmur (Garðar's Island) after himself, and the country bore the name for a while.