The wordberserkcomes from the Old Norseberserkrsaid to come from the Old Norse for “bear shirt.” According to some interpretations, the term “bear shirt” is a reference to the animalpeltsthese Norse warriors would wear into battle. saga Another term closely associated with Norse mythology t...
Without teaching an entire course on Old Norse here, I will provide below some basic rules controlling the formation of Old Norse possessives for use in patronymics and matronymics, from Geirr bassi Haraldsson's The Old Norse Name:If the name ends inThe ending will change toSample name in...
Old Norse Old North French Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to useold moneyin a sentence It’s full of the evidence ofold money, but that money is gone now, and the house is crumbling. ...
from Old NorseGunnhildr(female name, both elements of the name,gunnandhildr, have the meaning "war, battle"). gust gustr H hack höggva(="hew") haggle haggen(="to chop") Hell may be in part from Old NorseHel, the daughter ofLokiand ruler of the underworld in Norse mythology hit ...
Oliver.You can find the name Oliver in numerous languages across Europe, making it an internationally recognizable name. It originates from the Germanic and Old Norse languages and means “olive tree.” Although at its peak in the Middle Ages, it has yet to lose its steam in the United Sta...
Old Englishhæt"hat, head covering" (variously glossing Latinpileus,galerus,mitra,tiara), from Proto-Germanic*hattuz"hood, cowl" (source also of Frisianhat, Old Norsehattr,höttr"a hood or cowl"), of uncertain etymology; it has been compared with Lithuaniankuodas"tuft or crest of a ...
the name of this bear has reference to its character and not to its color, and should, I suppose, be properly spelt grisly—in the sense of horrible, exactly as we speak of a “grisly spectre”—and not grizzly; but perhaps the latter way of spelling it is too well established to be...
If it is of a Norse origin, or most northern people origin, (which means Viking to many) it should also have an Easter Calendar date imbedded (see Landsverk). The true rune master was able to encode his/her name as well. Can these five letters produce? Absolutely! Alf Mongé felt the...
Well, when you are the founding father of a city at least an arch should bear your name. The city he named after his mother, father and sister. Ksenija and Youssef under Trajan’s arch The arch together with the whole archaeological site of Timgad, has been listed as a World ...
Anchitel Ansketil Anskettel Early name of Norse origin used this period by certain upper class families. Anketin Ankret fem. Ancret Ancreat Ankrit Ankerit Probably from Welsh Angharad (and not 'anchorite'). Ankareta Ann Anne fem. An Ane Interchanged with Agnes and Annis but gener...