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The original was posted on /r/guildwars2 by /u/Elektrophorus on 2024-11-17 11:57:15+00:00.
I already put this on the GW2 Wiki.
Our modern English minds want to see "klob" as a syllable, but the name "Klobjarne" is most likely parsed klo-bjarne, rather than klob-jarne.
In Old Norse, kló means "claw" and bjǫrn means "bear". In some descendant languages, bear can be bjarne. Taken together, the name means "bear claw", fitting for it being a Kodan weapon.
Its variant names are Geirr, Atgeir, Darr, Kesja, Frakka, and Hler.
- Geirr is the Old Norse word for "spear" and comes from the root meaning "pointed stick".
- Atgeir comes from geirr and is another word for "halberd". Real life atgeirs were more similar to glaives than halberds, however.
- Darr comes from the root meaning "injury" and shares a root with the English word "dart". It loosely means "javelin".
- Kesja (the j is pronounced like a y) is a synonym for atgeir. It's possibly a loanword from Proto-Celtic gaisos meaning "javelin / throwing spear".
- Frakka comes from a root roughly meaning "pole" and refers to a spear or lance. It is attested that this word is ultimately where the name "France" (i.e. "land of the Franks") comes from.
- Hler is the Old Norse word for "the sea".
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