King’s College 2004 v Mistress Gunnvör sílfrahárr
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Construction
of Old Norse Personal Names: One-
& Two-Element Names
Single element names vs.
compound, two-element namesName elements not "mix
and match"
vRFS
II.3
vSome name
elements only found in first position, others
only in second
vSome name
elements gender-specific
vInvented
names not the best historical recreation
Male
Egill
Björn
Fálki
Úlfr
Female
Auðr
Bera
Drífa
Finna
Single-Element
Male
Þórbrandr
(Þórr+Brandr)
Björnólfr
(Bjorn+Úlfr)
Female
Ragnhildr
(Reginn+Hildr)
Álfdís
(Alf+Dís)
Halldóra
(Halla+Þórr)
Two-Element