Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Much of the north of 9th century England was occupied by Norse invaders, who left behind descendants with Norse surnames. 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]
The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in -sen; for example Rasmussen, originally meaning "son of Rasmus" (Rasmus' son).Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son".
The world known to the Norse. The Norse people traveled abroad as Vikings and Varangians. As such, they often named the locations and peoples they visited with Old Norse words unrelated to the local endonyms. Some of these names have been acquired from sagas, runestones or Byzantine chronicles.
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.
Pages in category "Old Norse personal names" ... Siri (given name) Sumarliði; Sumarliðr This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 17:15 (UTC) ...
Rollo is a given name and surname derived from a Latinized form of the Old Norse Hrólfr or Rolfr (Rolf, Rudolf) meaning "famed wolf". [1] The name was first attested to with Viking warlord Rollo of Normandy, ancestor of William the Conqueror. In Scotland the Clan Rollo were supporters of Charles II and rewarded with the title of Lord Rollo. [2]
Solveig is a central character in the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen.She sings the famous "Solveig's Song" in Edvard Grieg's musical suite of the same name.Ibsen uses sun imagery in association to the character (scene 10, act 5), indicating that Ibsen may have favored the idea that the name is etymologically associated with the sun.
The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"). King Gunnar was a prominent king of medieval literature such as the Middle High German epic poem, the Nibelungenlied , where King Gunnar and Queen Brynhildr hold their court at ...