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Agnes (name) Aina (given name) Alfhild. Amalia (given name) Anna (name) Anneli. Anneliese. Anthonie. Antonella.
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr ), the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain ...
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).
Ingrid is a feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names. [1] The name Ingrid (more rarely in the variant Ingerid, Ingris or Ingfrid; short forms Inga, Inger, Ingri) remains ...
Bjorn. This cute-as-a-button Scandinavian boy’s name means baby carrier. Er, "bear." 4. Evelina. Evelina, the Swedish form of Evelyn, has a lovely meaning of “light” and “life.”. 5. Olaf ...
Sigi. Related names. Zigrīda. Sigrid / ˈsiːɡrɪd / is a Scandinavian given name for women from Old Norse Sigríðr , composed of the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful". [1] Common short forms include Siri, Sigga, Sig, and Sigi. An Estonian and Finnish variant is Siiri. The Latvian version of the name is Zigrīda.
List. Wise One, concealer, "the One who is many". Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss 18, [14] O˛rvar-Odds saga 19ff. [15] Gylfaginning, Grímnismál (54), Óðins nǫfn (4). The root svaf- is an Indo-European cognate to words meaning sleep ( Greek hypnos; Latin sopor, sopio, somnus; etc.) [19] The old Nordic Odin stems from the original name, Vodin ...
Eivor. Eivor, Eivør or Øyvor is a female given name in the Nordic countries. In Sweden, 4,922 people bear the name. The average age is 78. [1] The name perhaps originated from either the Proto-Norse word auja, which is thought to mean "good luck", [2] or from Old Norse ey- or øy-, meaning "island", and secondly from -varr, meaning "careful ...