Signification
Aslaug means "God-protected" or "protected by God".
Compound name composed of the Old Norse elements áss (god) and laug (consecrated, dedicated): hence, “consecrated to God.” In Norse mythology, Aslaug was the daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild. Orphaned at the age of three, she led a Cinderella type of existence with an old peasant couple until she was rescued by her future husband, Ragnar Lodbrog, son of King Sigurd Ring of Denmark. Cognate: Asl0g (Danish); Áslaug (Norwegian); Aslog (Swedish). Short: Ása, Áse. (AHS-LAUG)
