> "Inn mest kynþáttr Færeyinga" are called "Götuskeggjar"
> (the beards of Gata). ON skegg means beard. ON skeggi
> (pl. skeggjar) means man.

'Skeggi' is also used as a name; checking the national registry
I see that there are four men bearing that name today;
all born in the timespace 1953-1964.

It must be a rather strange name to have as a child
("little Beardy") - but then again the common name
Sveinn ("Boy") might be rather strange to have as
an old man - and something like 'Illugi' ("Evilmind")
might be just plain strange.

The examples above are completely transparent;
but there are a lot of interesting names if
you stop to think about them. All the examples
below are real names found from browsing the
national registry.

Úlfhildur Úlfarsdóttir
Wolf-battle Wolf-lord's daughter

Sigurbjört Gunnarsdóttir
Victory-bright Battle-lord's daughter

The two above are made from such common
elements that you wouldn't stop to think
about them.

This one, however, seems to be intentionally
poetic. Mythological names like 'Embla' are
only used for people in modern times.

Hugrún Embla Bryndísardóttir
Mind-rune 'Embla' daughter of Armour-'dís'

When you mix the pagan names with Christian
elements you can get paradoxical results.

Kristinn Þór Jónsson
Christian Thor John's son

How about some Hellenism?

Aþena Íris Þórsdóttir
Athena Iris Thor's daughter

Or a special three-in-one offer?

Hera Kristín Óðinsdóttir
Hera Christine Odin's daugther

> Even the Father of All Men is sometimes refered by
> names meaning or employing terms for "beard", thus
> again linking "beard" to worship of the "fathers"
> and veneration for antiquity in the Nordic faith.

This was so in Hellenic culture as well. Emperor Julian
grew a long beard as, it seems, some sort of confirmation
of his apostacy.

He even wrote a satire, Beard-hater, ostensibly devoted to
the subject of his beard.

- - -
However the song that I now sing has been composed in prose, and it
contains much violent abuse, directed not, by Zeus, against others
-- how could it be, since the law forbids? -- but against the poet
and author himself. For there is no law to prevent one's writing
either praise or criticism of oneself. Now as for praising myself,
though I should be very glad to do so, I have no reason for that;
but for criticising myself I have countless reasons, and first I
will begin with my face. For though nature did not make this any too
handsome or well-favoured or give it the bloom of youth, I myself
out of sheer perversity and ill-temper have added to it this long
beard of mine, to punish it, as it would seem, for this very crime
of not being handsome by nature.
- - -

Kveðja,
Haukur