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Norse people explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. They also reached Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Newfoundland, and Anatolia. This category lists towns and settlements established or inhabited by Scandinavian or Scandinavian-descended settlers during the Viking Age (roughly, 750-1000 CE).
In Old Norse, the name means "fortress city by the sea," whereas in the presumed German original, it would mean "enclosure by a lake." [314] A manuscript variant Regarðr could indicate the island of Rügen as the original location. [315] Brunhild's stronghold in the northern Alps in Swabia in the Þiðreks saga. [314]
Name Description Alfheim: The Land of elves in Norse mythology. Asgard: The high placed city of the gods, built by Odin, chief god of the Norse pantheon. Biarmaland: A geographical area around the White Sea in the northern part of (European) Russia, referred to in Norse sagas. Fositesland: The kingdom of Forseti, the god of Justice. Gjöll
Here, we’ve gathered 205 of the best Viking names for males and females. Some of them signify strength and courage in battle, not to mention the rugged lives of the Scandinavian warriors who had ...
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.
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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 ...
In the north and east, there are many place names of Norse origin; similarly, these contain many personal names. In general, the Anglo-Saxon and Norse place names tend to be rather mundane in origin, the most common types being [personal name + settlement/farm/place] or [type of farm + farm/settlement] (almost all towns ending in -wich, -ton ...