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Atle
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Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
nn:Attila
Alternative forms
nn Asle tl > sl
nn Atl Alt variants with apocope
Etymology
From nn non Atli, from late nn gem-pro *Attilô, diminutive of gem-pro *attô father. See en Attila. Cognate with fo,is Atli.
As a given name also from non atall fierce as a heiti for the god Thor, and a short form of names beginning with Atl- (e.g. nn Atlak, a variant of nn Aslak).
Proper noun
nn proper noun m
nn male Old Norse Atla
nn historical Attila the Hun a feared enemy of the Roman Empire
See also
nn hun Hun
References
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