Hervarðr

From Proto-Germanic *Harjawardaz from *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *wardaz (“guard”). Equivalent to herr +‎ varðr. Cognate with Old English Hereweard.

• (9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /ˈherˌwarðɹ̠̊˔/
• (13th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈherˌvarðr/

Hervarðr m

1. a male given name
   • 13th century, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks:

     Síðan bjóst hún í brott ein saman ok tók sér karlmanns gervi ok vápn ok sótti þar til, er víkingar nokkurir váru, ok fór með þeim um hríð ok nefndist Hervarðr.

     • 2021 translation by Jackson Crawford, Two Sagas of Mythical Heros: Hervor and Heidrek, Hrólf Kraki and his Champions

       then she went alone, and took for herself a man’s equipment and weapons. And she went to where some Vikings were, and went with them for a while and called herself Hervarđ.

• Icelandic: Hervarður
• Faroese: Hervarður
• → Norwegian: Hervard (learned)
• → Swedish: Hervard (learned)
• → Danish: Hervard (learned)

• Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks at Heimskringla
• Jackson Crawford, 2021, Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes: Hervor and Heidrek and Hrólf Kraki and His Champions, ISBN- 978-1624669958