Teitur () is a male
given name. In
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
the word means ''happy''. In
Modern Faroese
Faroese ( ; ''føroyskt mál'' ) is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 72,000 Faroe Islanders, around 53,000 of whom reside on the Faroe Islands and 23,000 in other areas, mainly Denmark.
It is one of five languages des ...
, it is archaic but used as a male given name.
People
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Teitur Gestsson
Teitur Matras Gestsson (born 19 August 1992) is a Faroese football goalkeeper, who currently plays for HB Tórshavn.
International career
Gestsson made his first international appearance on 1 March 2014 in a friendly match in and against Gibr ...
(born 1992), Faroese football player and goalkeeper
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Teitur Lassen
Teitur Lassen (, 4 January 1977) is a Faroese musician, composer, singer-songwriter and producer. He is a winner of multiple Danish Music Awards and has toured globally since his debut release, ''Poetry & Aeroplanes'', in 2003.
Teitur was bo ...
(born 1977), a musical artist from
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic archipelago, island group and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotlan ...
.
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Teitur Thordarson (born 1952),
Icelandic football coach.
External links
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Wiktionary
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entry
Teitur
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Given names
Faroese masculine given names
Scandinavian masculine given names