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Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Old Norse personal names" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 17:15 ...
The name the Norse Greenlanders gave the previous inhabitants of North America and Greenland. Skuggifjord Hudson Strait Straumfjörð "Current-fjord", "Stream-fjord" or "Tide-fjord". A fjord in Vinland. Straumsey ("Current-isle") lies at the mouth of Straumfjörð. Suðreyjar "Southern islands". Hebrides. Suðrvegr "South way", Germany. [3 ...
Pages in category "Fictional Vikings" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... This page was last edited on 18 July 2024, at 08:35 (UTC).
Ivor is an English masculine given name derived either directly from Norse Ívarr, or through Welsh (which spells it Ifor) or Irish and Scottish Gaelic (which spell it Íomhar), all of which likely derive it also from the original Norse form. [1] The Norse name is derived from the Old Norse elements ýr (yew, bow) and herr (warrior, army ...
Olaf or Olav (/ ˈ oʊ l ə f /, / ˈ oʊ l ɑː f /, or British / ˈ oʊ l æ f /; Old Norse: Áleifr, Ólafr, Óleifr, Anleifr) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz, from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are ...
Adils; Alaric and Eric; Arngrim; Ask and Embla; Aun; Berserkers; Bödvar Bjarki; Dag the Wise; Domalde; Domar; Dyggve; Egil One-Hand; Fafnir; Fjölnir; Gudrun; Harald ...
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