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Descriptive
Bynames – Biographical
A
biographical descriptive byname is based upon events in the life
of the person being named.
vExamples: Brennu- (“burnt, arson victim”), englandsfari
(“traveler to England”), Flugu- (“murderer”), hlymreksfari
(traveler to Limerick, Ireland), jórsalafari (“pilgrim to
Jerusalem”), sundafyllir (“sound-filler”, of a woman
who used magic to fill a bay with fish)