[gothic-l] Athanareiks = Heidrek?

[Frank Kermes]

Greetings all,

What's the likelihood that "Heidrek" is the Old Norse form or syntagenym of
Gothic "Athanareiks?"  (please excuse my spelling, I hope my question is
clear).  I'm not sure if the themes of the two names match up (Heid- =
Athana-, -rek = -reiks) phonologically, though they seem to semantically
(Heid- and Atha- meaning noble?)

Cheers,
Frank


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