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In particular, the names of Old Norse mythological figures often have several different spellings. The first appearance of an ancestral stage of Old Norse in a written runic form dates back to c. AD 200–300 [ 1 ] (with the Øvre Stabu spearhead traditionally dated to the late 2nd century), at this time still showing an archaic language form ...
Such cases can be discussed on individual talk pages. When an Anglicized form is used as the article title the Old Norse spelling should be given prominently in the first paragraph. In other articles where the Anglicized name is used the Old Norse spelling can be given within parentheses the first time the name is mentioned.
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.
The Germanic god Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and literature.Some of the names come from the Prose Edda list Nafnaþulur, and are not attested elsewhere, while other names are well attested throughout the sources of Norse mythology.
The standardized Old Norse spelling was created in the 19th century and is, for the most part, phonemic. ... such as in the male names Ragnarr, Steinarr ...
The Old Norse poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Darraðarljóð, and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál provide lists of valkyrie names. Other valkyrie names appear solely outside these lists, such as Sigrún (who is attested in the poems Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II).
Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw).
Sven is a Scandinavian masculine first name. In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant" and the original Old Norse spelling was sveinn. [1] Variants such as Svend are found in Danish and Norwegian. [1] Another variant, Svein is used only in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries, and is cognate with the English surname Swain ...