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Descriptive
Bynames – Temperament
Some
bynames describe the person’s temperament and
character.
vExamples: balli (“brave”), fasthaldi
(“hold-fast, tenancious”), inn friđsami (“peaceful”), inn
glađi (“glad, happy”), inn harđi (“hard, stern, severe”),
hryggr (“afflicted, sad, grieved”), inn illi
(“evil, bad”), jafnkollr (“even-mind, level-headed”),
kali (“cold, unkind”), líknarlauss (“merciless”),
inn óđi (“mad, frantic, raging”), etc.