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This category is for personal names in the Old Norse language. Pages in category "Old Norse personal names" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Pages in category "Norwegian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 277 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The name "Galm" is a mistransliteration of "Garmr" into English due to the singular liquid phoneme in the Japanese language. Garmr appears as a boss fight in the 2017 video game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and 2022's God of War Ragnarök .
Dog king: Old Norse: Raki, Old Norse: Saurr: In Old Icelandic the name Raki means "dog" but in Danish the verb rake can mean "mistreat", "soil" or "spoil". [6] Saurr means "dirt" and "excrement". [7] Chronicon lethrense tells that the Swedish king Athisl subjugated the Danes and put a dog as king over them. The dog was called Raki and the king ...
Sigurd or Sigur (Pronounced the same) is a Scandinavian male name used in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland derived from the Old Norse Sigurðr (from sigr "victory" and varðr "guardian"). [1] Other forms of this name are Sigvard and Siward. [2] A short form of the name is Sjur. Sigurd may refer to: Several figures from Norse mythology and ...
Odin the Wanderer (the meaning of his name Gangleri); illustration by Georg von Rosen, 1886. Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.
Kjell is a Scandinavian usually male given name. In Denmark, the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. The name comes from the Old Norse word kętill, which means "kettle" and probably also "helmet" or perhaps "cauldron". Examples of old spellings or forms are Ketill (Old Norse), Kjætil (Old Swedish) and Ketil (Old Danish). [1] [unreliable source?