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Best Viking Names and Their Meanings. 1. Erik — "Eternal king,” from Old Norse. 2. Leif — "Descendant" or "heir." 3. Thor — From Old Norse for “thunder,” he’s the Norse god of ...
Heiðr (also rendered Heid, Hed, Heith, Hetha etc, from the Old Norse adjective meaning "bright" or the noun meaning "honour") is a Norse female personal name. Several individuals by the name appear in Norse mythology and history.
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Valdís is an Icelandic female given name. It is also used as a (very rare) female name in the other Nordic countries. Its use in Iceland dates back to the settlement period. [1] Although having a nearly identical spelling, it is completely unrelated to the Latvian male given name Valdis.
Hróðr (Old Norse: [ˈhroːðz̠] "famed") is a female jötunn in Norse mythology, mentioned in the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, in which Thor is referred to as "Hróðr's adversary." [ 1 ] But the context is unclear, so the name could equally refer to an otherwise unknown giantess adversary of Thor, of which many are mentioned in other sources ...
Name (Old Norse) Name (Anglicised) Name meaning Attestations Notes Árguð [2] Argud God of the Fertile Season [3] Skáldskaparmál (14) Ballriði [4] Ballridi Bold rider [5] Lokasenna 37: Bani Belja [6] Bani Belja Beli's bane [7] Gylfaginning (61), Skáldskaparmál (262) Belja dólgr [2] Belja dolg Adversary of Beli [3] Skáldskaparmál (14 ...
The Old Norse name Angrboða has been translated as 'the one who brings grief', [2] 'she-who-offers-sorrow', [1] or 'harm-bidder'. [3] The first element is related to the English word "anger", but means "sorrow" or "regret" in Old Norse, the later meaning is retained in Scandinavian languages.
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