Re: English to Norse (sword names)

Xeon,

If it´s "worthy" in the sense of befitting, beseeming, appropriate,
with honour, Sómi or Soemingr might work (the latter recorded as the
name of a hero, but swords and hero names can interchange, as
happens in the case of his brother Tyrfingr). Hoefingr could make a
bit of a pun on "hitting the mark" in the literal sense of aiming at
a target, and the figurative hitting the spot, i.e. being
appropriate and suitable.

If it´s "worthy" in the sense of having value for accomplishing some
task, being useful, serving well for, how about: Dugvendill,
Dugvandill, Neytingr, or something like that?

If it's "worthy" in the sense of "noble, prestigious", maybe
something like Tignir? (Which I think would also mean noble
people, "worthies".) Skörungr exists as a word meaning "a
nobleman/woman, a prestigious person". This is just my guess, but
could it be related to the verb skera "cut", in the sense of "a cut
above the rest"?

Llama Nom




--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@...>
wrote:

>
>
> Okay, second guess, how about something like:
>
> Virðibiti
> Virðibítr
>
> "Worth(y)-biter"? One recorded sword name Sómi means "honour",
> which I suppose is people´s opinion about what is worthy. You can
> find lots of great sword names here:
>
> http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/thul4a.html
>
> The Þulur are old lists of poetic words for things (heiti). Look
> for the two lists sverða heiti & heiti á sverði "names of

swords".

> Another strategy might be to take a root meaning "worth" and

attach

> one of the endings common in sword names. E.g. virðing is a
> feminine noun meaning "valuation, opinion, esteem, reputation,
> honour", related to verðr "worthy"--would it be possible to make a
> name like: Virðingr, Virðungr, Verðnir? I can't anything already
> called that with Google. Or maybe a compound Verðhvati "worth-
> sharp"; Verðbrimir (?something to do with surf/sea = blood?), -
> askr "-ash", -hnefi "-fist", -gellir "-screamer?", -malmr "-
> ore/metal", etc.
>
> Llama Nom
>
>
>
>
> --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "xeon_ies" <xeon@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks a lot, Llama and Fjornir.
> > I never expected you folks to be so helpful!
> >
> > Harmbrenna sounds nice.
> >
> > As for "The Worthy One", it's actually a name I intend to give

to

> a sword.
> > What does "The Worthy Sword" and "The Worthy Slicer" translates
> to?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Xeon. :-)