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Olaf1 definition

Olaf (ōləf, -läf)

noun

a masculine name
also sp. Olav

Etymology: ON Olafr, Aleifr < *anulaibar, lit., descendant of the (original) ancestor < *anu (< IE *an-, ancestor > L anus, old woman) + -laibar (> Leifr, Leif)

Olaf2 definition

Olaf (ōləf, -läf)

  1. (born Olaf Tryggvasson) 964?-1000; king of Norway (995-1000): subject of many legends
  2. (born Olaf Haraldsson) 995?-1030; king of Norway (1015-28): patron saint of Norway: his day is July 29
  3. 1903-91; king of Norway (1957-91): son of Haakon VII
Also sp. Olav

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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