Astrild

Swedish Alternative forms sv Aſtrild archaic Etymology sv Georg Stiernhielm 1668 Swedish linguist and poet. sv is ástar eldr love fire. Likely inspired by given names such as sv Astrid and sv Ragnhild. Seems to have been created as a Nordic name to the Greco-Roman counterpart; compare sv Näcken Neptunus, Poseidon. Proper noun sv literary A (Nordic) substitute for Amor, Cupid, the god of love sv Amor Cupido sv Näcken sv 1776 w:Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna Ceremonial vid Drotning Christinas Torner-Spel den 9 Mars, 1650 III https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/OxenstiernaJG/titlar/Ceremonial1650/sida/III/faksimil Aſtrilds ſeger bör bekrönaSegren ſom Bellona ger. Cupid's victory should crownThe victory that Bellona gives. References SAOB