Re[2]: [norse_course] Thanks, Brian!

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 10827
Date: 2010-01-12

At 3:54:52 PM on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, Fred Logue
wrote:

> Is the name "Elvis" really a Norse word?

No, though in Scandinavian mythology there is a dwarf
<AlvĂ­ss>; his name is literally 'all-wise'. The etymology
of the name <Elvis> is unknown.

Brian

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