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Gender Masculine
Usage Old Norse
Meaning & History
Old Norse name which probably meant "high stone", from Old Norse hár "high" and steinn "stone". Alternatively the first element may be derived from Primitive Scandinavian *hanhista "horse" or Primitive Scandinavian *haþu "battle". This was the name of a 9th-century Viking chieftain.