Those Norwegian names, a little history and tips for online researchers:
"The 'first name' was from ancient times and up till about 100 years ago the name of the person. You did not have a surname in the way we have nowadays.
The old vikings believed that the child would achieve qualities and protection from what they were named after, like animals and weapons.
The old norse names originally consisted of two components, a prefix and a suffix."
"The 'first name' was from ancient times and up till about 100 years ago the name of the person. You did not have a surname in the way we have nowadays.
The old vikings believed that the child would achieve qualities and protection from what they were named after, like animals and weapons.
The old norse names originally consisted of two components, a prefix and a suffix."
posted by Hugh W at 8:22 pm
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