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But even if you don’t, one thing’s for sure—a Viking name makes a statement. Related: 105 Creative Elf Names and Their Meanings. Best Viking Names and Their Meanings. 1. Erik — "Eternal ...
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).
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A name for Óðinn, proposed by John McKinnell to have been a name for Freyr due to the description of the Norwegian branch of the Ynglings as 'Þrór's descent' (Old Norse: niðkvísl Þrós) and its use as a heiti for boar in Nafnaþulur (97). [32] Olof Sundqvist supports this idea, noting also that Freyr is described as Þroskr in ...
Viking is a given name which may refer to: Viking (Norse mythology), father of Thorstein, from Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar; Viking Björk (1918–2009), Swedish cardiac surgeon; Viking Dahl (1895–1945), Swedish composer, as well as a painter and author; Viking Eggeling (1880–1925), Swedish avant-garde artist and filmmaker; Viking Palm ...
See the separate page List of names of Odin for more Odin kennings. N: Odin: Hanged god Odin hung on the Tree of Knowledge for nine days in order to gain wisdom. N: person voice-bearer reordberend: OE: Dream of the Rood: poetry Grímnir's lip-streams Grímnir is one of the names of Odin. N: Þórsdrápa: raven swan of blood Ravens ate the dead ...
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 ...
Name Name meaning Alternative names Attested relatives Attestations Eggthér: blade servant, eagle: None attested: None attested: Völuspá: Elldridr: Vilhjalms saga sjóðs: Eimgeitir: fire goat, smoke goat: None attested: None attested: Nafnaþulur: Eistla 'the stormy one', 'the glowing one' None attested