The meaning of Åkerfeldt

[chomps]

Lo = Swedish word for Lynx (full name Lodjur..shortening = Lo)
Pez = Nothing

I beg to differ

*edit* Gay. Someone beat me to the punch.

 

[Weeping_Funeral]

Some linguistic curiosities based on Opeth members' last names:

Åker = means either pastures or farmland
Feldt = means either "field" or "fallen" (as in a chopped down crops)

So Åkerfeldt then means either "field of farmland" or "field of harvested crops"


Lind = A type of tree (Linden Tree)
Gren = Branch (as in the branches of a tree)

So Lindgren then means simply "branch of linden tree"

It's great

 

[Nitronium Blood]

Hey what about Gelotte?

 

[Stilgar]

Some other ones:
ny = new
ström = electricity / power
so Anders Nystrom means "Anders New Power"

Ström can also mean stream, like in a rapid, etc.

 

[Hypnos]

Mendez

Men- Body getting eaten
Dez- Hair

So i think that means "Body getting eaten by hair"

completely wrong!

Men- Bass
Dez- Player

so Mendez = Bass Player

 

[Dseven]

and what does lopez mean?

lo-

pez-

well, everything that has been previously said about the Martin's is wrong, perhaps they are just kidding...

I'm from Chile (we speak spanish as mother-tongue), so i know something about names so I'll explain what Mendez and Lopez means:

This is a fact: most of latin names with EZ ending means: "son of..." (not BITCH, lol)

for instance: son of Martin: Martin + Ez = Martinez (a very common name)

so, concerning to Opeth names:

Lopez, means "son of LOPE"... LOPE is an anciant spanish name, not so common nowdays.

Mendez, means "son if MENDE" (actually i'm not really sure about the name MENDEZ... perhaps it's the shot form of another name)

actually it's the same with Anglo names ended in SON (Jackson, Peterson, Stevenson, and so on... the idea is "son of [the name])", and the scandinavic ones ended in SEN (Kristiansen, Hansen, and so on)

So, there's the meaning that you were requested for.

 

[worldwide_suicide]

you're right! but i the meanings i came up with are much better than yours. (except for the "bitch of..." part)

 

[Stilgar]

actually it's the same with Anglo names ended in SON (Jackson, Peterson, Stevenson, and so on... the idea is "son of [the name])", and the scandinavic ones ended in SEN (Kristiansen, Hansen, and so on)

SEN isn't used in all of Scandinavia. It's only used in Denmark and Norway. Sweden for example uses SON (Svensson, Hansson, etc).

 

[Dseven]

you're right! but i the meanings i came up with are much better than yours. (except for the "bitch of..." part)

lol, alright, you win!

:Spin:

SEN isn't used in all of Scandinavia. It's only used in Denmark and Norway. Sweden for example uses SON (Svensson, Hansson, etc).

it is true, but what i meant with it was the origin of the ending parts, not where they are used nowdays.

according with what you say... if your name is Hansen (over Norway or Denmark) and you move over Sweden, then there you are called Hanson ??? or your original name is mantained over the any of this countries???

... sorry if it sounds silly, but i don't know that much about such legal/cultural things.

 

[Disgustipated]

your original name is mantained over the any of this countries???

Correct. Just as when my family emigrated from the Netherlands, they did not change their name to "From The Sea".

 

[neuroticandroid]

isn't Per Danish anyway?

it shouldn't matter much if he's danish or not. swedish danish and norse are all descended from high german through old norse. the languages are far more similar than, say french and spanish, or german and english. i went to school with a girlfrom sweden and a guy from denmark who could converse with each other. they said their languages are pretty much the same, just accented slightly differently.

 

[Disgustipated]

swedish danish and norse are all descended from high german through old norse.

If you say so..

 

[Stilgar]

it is true, but what i meant with it was the origin of the ending parts, not where they are used nowdays.

according with what you say... if your name is Hansen (over Norway or Denmark) and you move over Sweden, then there you are called Hanson ??? or your original name is mantained over the any of this countries???

... sorry if it sounds silly, but i don't know that much about such legal/cultural things.

Your original name is maintained, unless you decide to change it yourself. The SON part of the swedish names is nothing new.

 

[Stilgar]

it shouldn't matter much if he's danish or not. swedish danish and norse are all descended from high german through old norse. the languages are far more similar than, say french and spanish, or german and english. i went to school with a girlfrom sweden and a guy from denmark who could converse with each other. they said their languages are pretty much the same, just accented slightly differently.

It is true in a sense. The swedish and danish languages come from the same root, so much of it is the same, but there are also many many differences in the words, but also in the accent. One interesting thing in this is that the accent in southern Sweden is closer to the danish than in the northern part of Sweden, so a swede from the southern parts may have a much easier time understanding danish than a swede from the northern parts. Most people that I know from the northern parts would rather speak english with a dane, than use their native languages.

 

[Disgustipated]

Yeah.. not that this exactly matches the example... but I speak Swedish (lite grann!), and can understand some Norwegian aswell, but when it comes to Danish, I have much more trouble.. the accent is very different, and also words.. Even words that are somewhat the same such as gjør and gör I have trouble understanding.. but then again, I'm not alll that good at Swedish..

 

[Stilgar]

Yeah.. not that this exactly matches the example... but I speak Swedish (lite grann!), and can understand some Norwegian aswell, but when it comes to Danish, I have much more trouble.. the accent is very different, and also words.. Even words that are somewhat the same such as gjør and gör I have trouble understanding.. but then again, I'm not alll that good at Swedish..

You are correct.

 

[Disgustipated]

Yes I am. Ja, det är jag.

 

[BrandonS]

My name is Brandon

Bran: Cereal, for example Raisin Bran
Don: The leader of an organized-crime family.

So this makes me the asskicking ganglord of Cereal. Beware!


Also something neat, my last name "Strader" when spelled backwards reads, "Red Arts". I'd like to think I am good at bloodmagicks.

 

[Ayr]

"Body getting eaten by hair", and "who is like God?" !!!! Quality stuff!

I wonder if guys have/had nicknames. Most of my mates do and so you never actually mention their proper names.. or sometimes dont even know them.

 

[affinityband]

I recognise you ayr, you were soo in oxford with Nickfbm werent you?