Helge
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Helge or Helgi is a Norse
male name.
The name is derived from Proto-Norse *Hailaga with its original meaning being dedicated to the gods. For its Slavic version, see Oleg
. Its feminine equivalent is Helga
.
, legendary Danish king mentioned in Beowulf
and in medieval Scandinavian sources.
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
male name.
The name is derived from Proto-Norse *Hailaga with its original meaning being dedicated to the gods. For its Slavic version, see Oleg
Oleg
Oleg , Oleh , or Aleh is a Slavic given name. It derives from the Old Norse Helgi , meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed"...
. Its feminine equivalent is Helga
Helga
Helga is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, Iceland, Germany and Hungary . The name was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, but appears to have died out afterwards...
.
Notable people with this name
HalgaHalga
Halga, Helgi, Helghe or Helgo was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century. His name would in his own language have been *Hailaga ....
, legendary Danish king mentioned in Beowulf
Beowulf
Beowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
and in medieval Scandinavian sources.
- Helgi Hjörvarðsson, a Scandinavian hero from Helgakviða HjörvarðssonarHelgakviða HjörvarðssonarHelgakviða Hjörvarðssonar is a poem collected in the Poetic Edda, found in the Codex Regius manuscript where it follows Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and precedes Helgakviða Hundingsbana II...
, in the Poetic EddaPoetic EddaThe Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends, and from the early 19th century...
. It says that he was reborn as - Helgi HundingsbaneHelgi HundingsbaneHelgi Hundingsbane is a hero in Norse sagas. Helgi appears in Volsunga saga and in two lays in the Poetic Edda named Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II. The Poetic Edda relates that Helgi and his mistress Sigrún were Helgi Hjörvarðsson and Sváva of the Helgakviða...
, a Scandinavian hero who figures in the Völsunga sagaVolsunga sagaThe Völsungasaga is a legendary saga, a late 13th century Icelandic prose rendition of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan . It is largely based on epic poetry...
and who has two poems in the Poetic EddaPoetic EddaThe Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends, and from the early 19th century...
. It says that he was reborn as - Helgi HaddingjaskatiHelgi HaddingjaskatiHelgi Haddingjaskati meaning "Helgi the lord of the Haddingjar" was a legendary Norse hero of which only fragmentary accounts survive.It is said in the end section of Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, a part of the Poetic Edda, that the hero Helgi Hundingsbane and his lover Sigrún were reincarned as...
, a Swedish hero from Hrómundar saga GripssonarHrómundar saga GripssonarHrómundar saga Gripssonar or The Saga of Hromund Gripsson is a legendary saga from Iceland. The original version has been lost, but its content has been preserved in the rímur of Hrómundr Gripsson published in Fernir forníslenzkar rímnaflokkar...
. - Helgi the SharpHelgi the SharpHelgi the Sharp may refer to:* Helgi the Sharp * Helgi the Sharp...
, the name of two Norse princes. - Helgi TomassonHelgi TomassonHelgi Tómasson is a former Icelandic ballet dancer and current artistic director for the San Francisco Ballet and its ballet school.- Early life :...
(b. 1942), Iceland-born ballet dancer and artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet company (California, USA) - Helge RosvaengeHelge RosvaengeHelge Rosvaenge , Helge Anton Rosenvinge Hansen, was a famous Danish operatic tenor whose career was centred on Germany and Austria, before, during and after World War II....
– a Danish-German Tenor - Helge SchneiderHelge SchneiderHelge Schneider is a German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor....
– a German entertainer - Helge SkoogHelge SkoogHelge Skoog, born 6 August 1938 in Borås, Västra Götalands län is a Swedish actor, who became well known during the 1980s appearing on the TV series Teatersport...
– a Swedish actor - Niels Fabian Helge von KochHelge von KochNiels Fabian Helge von Koch was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described....
– a Swedish mathematician - Helge JungHelge JungHelge Victor Jung was a Swedish General, he was Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces 1944-1951....
- a Swedish General