4-459: Olaf or Olav ( / ˈ oʊ l ə f / , / ˈ oʊ l ɑː f / , or British / ˈ oʊ l æ f / ; Old Norse : Áleifr, Ólafr, Óleifr, Anleifr ) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz , from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are attested as Ǣlāf , Anlāf . The corresponding Old Novgorod dialect form
8-492: Is Latinized as Olaus . Not all the following were strictly Norse-Gaels , but they share the most common Norse-Gaelic names. Differences between General American and Received Pronunciation One aspect of the differences between American and British English is that of specific word pronunciations, as described in American and British English pronunciation differences . However, there are also differences in some of
12-525: Is Uleb . A later English form of the name is Olave . In the Norwegian language , Olav and Olaf are equally common, but Olav is traditionally used when referring to Norwegian royalty. The Swedish form is Olov or Olof , and the Danish form is Oluf . It was borrowed into Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic with the spellings Amlaíb and Amhlaoibh , giving rise to modern version Aulay . The name
16-617: The basic pronunciation patterns between the standard dialects of each country. The standard varieties for each are in fact generalizations: for the U.S., a loosely defined spectrum of unmarked varieties called General American (abbreviated "GA") and, for Britain, a collection of prestigious varieties most common in southeastern England, ranging from upper- to middle-class Received Pronunciation accents, which together here are abbreviated "RP". However, other regional accents in each country also show differences, for which see regional accents of English speakers . Received Pronunciation has been
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