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Valkyrie Names and What They Actually Mean
Valkyrie means chooser of the slain. The Old Norse is valkyrja, from valr, the slain on a battlefield, and kjósa, to choose. The name is a job description, and so...
Valkyrie Names and What They Actually Mean
Valkyrie means chooser of the slain. The Old Norse is valkyrja, from valr, the slain on a battlefield, and kjósa, to choose. The name is a job description, and so...
Viking Bynames: The Brutal Nicknames That Repla...
A Viking byname was a public nickname that did the work a surname does today, and it was rarely kind. Haraldr hárfagri was Harald Fine-Hair. Eiríkr blóðøx was Eirik Blood-Axe....
Viking Bynames: The Brutal Nicknames That Repla...
A Viking byname was a public nickname that did the work a surname does today, and it was rarely kind. Haraldr hárfagri was Harald Fine-Hair. Eiríkr blóðøx was Eirik Blood-Axe....
Nord Names: The Real Old Norse Behind the Fantasy
Nord names borrow the sound of Old Norse without usually being Old Norse. The consonant clusters, the -ir and -ulf endings and the general weight are right. The specific names...
Nord Names: The Real Old Norse Behind the Fantasy
Nord names borrow the sound of Old Norse without usually being Old Norse. The consonant clusters, the -ir and -ulf endings and the general weight are right. The specific names...
Viking Female Names: Real Norse Women's Names a...
Viking women's names were built from the same elements as men's, but they are not interchangeable. Old Norse names carry grammatical gender, and everything attached to them has to agree....
Viking Female Names: Real Norse Women's Names a...
Viking women's names were built from the same elements as men's, but they are not interchangeable. Old Norse names carry grammatical gender, and everything attached to them has to agree....
Norse Names for Dogs and Cats, With Real Meanings
The Norse named their animals, and some of those names survive. Óláfr Tryggvason had a dog called Vígi. Odin kept two wolves, Geri and Freki. Freyja's chariot was pulled by...
Norse Names for Dogs and Cats, With Real Meanings
The Norse named their animals, and some of those names survive. Óláfr Tryggvason had a dog called Vígi. Odin kept two wolves, Geri and Freki. Freyja's chariot was pulled by...
Viking Last Names: Why the Norse Had No Surnames
Vikings did not have last names. They had a given name and a patronymic, and a patronymic is not a surname. It names your father, not your family, so it...
Viking Last Names: Why the Norse Had No Surnames
Vikings did not have last names. They had a given name and a patronymic, and a patronymic is not a surname. It names your father, not your family, so it...