Glammi, Glammadr (ed), Gnyr (long y), Hjarrandr, Snorri. More on this
theme later. Gnyr compounds with Thor-, and also with Frey- in Old
Swedish. Snorri means something like one who gnarls, purs, etc. a
low, rolling sound, and relates to Snerrir, a name we will look at
when we look at suffixing. Hjarrandr something like the noisy one.
This name is also attested in Old English, where it declines weak,
and appears to be a common inheritance from Proto-Germanic times.
Another verbal, or action-name, that I forgot to mention is Thidrandi
(dh), twirler or something like that. Alongside Hodr as name meaning
warrior, we also have Sorr (hooked-o), which seems to relate to war-
clothes, equipment, and mean something like warrior. This name gives
to suffix-variants, Sorvi and Sorli, one weak, the other diminuative
(more on that under diminuative names). Glumr (long u), Glodi (long
o, dh), Glenr, Ljotr (long o) - all light-names, where the root
originally has to do with light, especially light from the eyes. One
can compare them to names like Logi, Mani (long a), Dagr (Flame,
Moon, Day), which a really things in nature, but help explain these
names. Glodi relates to the feminie word Glod, which likely means
that some women were so called, unless light and fire were deemed
inappropriate in women's names. They were not. Ljot is a well-
attested women's name. *glum may also have been a women's name, and
Sol (long o) is almost certain, as Mani (Moon) is attested as a man's
name. A son Mani might likely have a sister Sol. The goddess Sol,
brother of the god Mani, is married to a Glenr, and the name relates
to light again. The rule in ON was that no person shall be called
after a god or goddess, but this likely the exception, where the
names are not really thought of as being directly called after the
Sun or Moon as a diety, but as things. Ljotr compounds with Thor-, as
does Ljot. We saw how Haddr did so under body-names, a figured that a
feminine *Thorhodd would be correct, as Hodd is attested as a women's
name. Glumr, Glodi, Glenr do not compound. Glodi relates to a thing,
a know noun Glod, but not Glumr, Glenr or Ljotr, where we can only
relate the roots to light. It could be that we are originally dealing
with adjectives here, or action-type names from verbal roots, like
Drifr, Unr, etc., which we have looked at. In this case we would be
looking at meanings like shiner. The ON seem to have attached great
importance to the light of the eyes, and these names can therefore be
threatening if so understood. Lastly, one can relate them to animals'
eyes. Glumr occurs in a list as a bear-name, but we cannot be certain
if it actually occured as such. If it did, there was likely a
connection to the animal's eyes. As usual, I am sure that I missed a
few things here, but good enough for now. -Konrad