I am now “Þórný , the One who will be killed before the opening credits start when Hollywood makes the movie version of this raid”. (NB: Þ is the letter ‘thorn’, pronounced th.)
Thanks to Alun for the Viking name generator.
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10 comments on “My Viking name”
Apparently, I’m Gróa Saxonsbane.
Does that mean ADM is bane of the Saxons? I tried several alternatives and came up as either: Eystein the Angry or Hrolf the Berserk.
That would make so much sense, considering what my specialty is!
Ralph, do I see a pattern emerging?
Yes, thorn is pronounced as ‘th’ except that in early modern England ‘th’ was pronounced as ‘t’ or so I am told. It seems that Ye Olde Tearoom is not pronounced ‘The Old Tearoom’ but Te Old Tearoom, as it is still in the better parts of Yorkshire.
Mine is Ásbjórn the Ill-starred.
That’s the Viking version of Marvin the Paranoid Android.
Sheesh.
melbourne’s mildest mannered berserker
Archeoastronomy has a cute toy. Generate your own Viking name. Mine is Ásbjórn the Ill-starred. Nothing more needs to be said. Via Early Modern Notes….
ADM - do you play the saxonphone?
Nope — it’s academically appropriate!
Dave, I don’t know whether I ought to have you banned for perpetrating such an awesomely bad pun. Or give you an award.