Olavi Kannupää - Research Information

Kani-Found in Old Swedish as Kane (also found as a by-name), and in OW.Norse as the by-name Kani. From the OW.Norse noun kani "bowl; boat." Occurs in the runic accusative case form kana.
KanpR-Found in Old Danish as the by-name Kamp and in OW.Norse as the by-name Kampr. From OW.Norse kanpr, kampr "moustache." Occurs as a personal name in the runic nominative form kabR.

Áleifr, Óláfr, ÁlæifR
The first element in this name is derived from *Anu-, "ancestor" (see Á- above). The second element -leifr or -læifR is derived from Primitive Scandinavian *-laibaR and is related to OW.Norse leif "inheritance, legacy", but as an element in personal names meaning "one who comes after, heir." Variants in -lafR derive from a Primitive Scandinavian shortening of /ai/ > /a/. This name appears in West Scandinavia, however the form Óláfr is more common in West Scandinavia. Skjoldunga saga has a legendary Danish king with a Latinized form of this name, Aleifus. Danish place-name evidence suggests that the forms Alef and Alaf were also current in Denmark, but the usual forms in East Scandinavia were Olaf and Olef. Found in the runic accusative forms [(a)l(a)ib] and a-(in)b. May be present in the Anglo-Scandinavian name Allef.

ÁdiarfR
Found in Old Swedish as Adiærf. The first element is perhaps derived from Germanic *az-, "point, edge" or "fear,anxiety." The second element, -diarfR is from the OW.Norse adjective djarfr "bold, brave, daring, courageous." Runic examples include the nominative forms aterfr, [atiarfr] and the accusative forms aterf, atiarf.

Óláfr, Óleifr
Derived from the older form Áleifr. Variants in -lafR derive from a Primitive Scandinavian shortening of /ai/ > /a/. The Óláfr form of this name is more common in West Scandinavia than the Áleifr forms. Danish place-name evidence suggests that the forms Alef and Alaf were also current in Denmark, but the usual forms in East Scandinavia were Olaf and Olef. For runic forms, see Áleifr above. A diminuitive form of Ólafr is Láfi. A short form of Ólafr is Óli

Óleifr
Found in OW.Norse as Óleifr. Side-form of ÓlafR. Runic examples include the nominative case forms ola[ifr], [olaifR], olifr, [olifR], [ouaifr], oulaibr, ulaifr, [ulaifr] (3 instances), ulayifr, [ulef], ulef[R], [ulifr], [ulifR], [-laifr] and the accusative case forms olaif, (o)laif, ol(a)if, olif, [olif], o(l)..., ulaif (3 instances), [ulai](f), [ulaif], ulef, ulif, yla[if].

Klemetr, Klemens, Klement
This name is found in Old Danish as Klement, in Old Swedish as Klemet, and in OW.Norse as Klemetr. This is a Christian name, from Latin Clemens. Found in a single runic inscription in the accusative case form klemint.