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ArchivesOrigin and meaning of Iselin or Iselinn?
I know Iselin can be a surname but it is also a female fn. I've read this name in a fairy tale and it is used in Norway. But I think it might be German, though perhaps not used there nowadays?
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Iselinde and Isengard
Interesting. To me, a form of Iselinde sounds most plausible. Is Iselinde used at all in Germany nowadays?
Isengard makes me think of The Lord of the Ring.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Interesting. To me, a form of Iselinde sounds most plausible. Is Iselinde used at all in Germany nowadays?
Isengard makes me think of The Lord of the Ring.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I've never met a person named Iselinde or Isengard, and they sound very old fashioned, so I'd be surprised to meet anybody with one of these names who's younger than 60 - but you can still find them in some good name books.
Traditional Old High German names like Iselinde and Isengard are very old fashioned in Germany at the moment, and I'm sure it'll take a while until they will return. Nowadays, at least in the north of the country, old Low German, Frisian and Scandinavian variant forms of those old fashioned names are really modern again, e.g. Isa, Iska and Iske which are Low German pet forms for "Isen-"-names.
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
Traditional Old High German names like Iselinde and Isengard are very old fashioned in Germany at the moment, and I'm sure it'll take a while until they will return. Nowadays, at least in the north of the country, old Low German, Frisian and Scandinavian variant forms of those old fashioned names are really modern again, e.g. Isa, Iska and Iske which are Low German pet forms for "Isen-"-names.
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
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Same "linde" as in Rosalind and Sieglinde, I assume
Which means "soft". Though I've also read that "lind" has something to with serpents or dragons. The old Nordic name Lindorm means "dragon". The modern Swedish "lind" means lime-tree.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Which means "soft". Though I've also read that "lind" has something to with serpents or dragons. The old Nordic name Lindorm means "dragon". The modern Swedish "lind" means lime-tree.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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