Message: "Re: "Kari" (old Norse) and "Kare" (Danish) - meanings?"

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[Facts] Re: "Kari" (old Norse) and "Kare" (Danish) - meanings?

by Satu (guest)

2/20/2005, 7:17 AM

in reply to a message by Mark Cooke

or do you mean Kári and Kåre????

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- "Bagpus" (Bagpus) +1

2/21/2005, 1:04 PM

I don't a those symbols of my keyboard though, so i could not insert them. Thanks for any help...

- Satu (_satu_)

2/21/2005, 2:04 PM

Kári / Kåre come from the Old Norse word 'kárr' which means "curl" (in the hair)

I don't know how old the name is. Kári was used in the Middle Ages and also in modern Icelandic (as well as Kár) and Faroese. The spelling Kåre is the modern form in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

/Satu

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