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One of the subsidiary pleasures of reading Icelandic sagas is encountering the many interesting names. The list below is a half-assed compilation of thirty names derived from just two Penguin translations: Egil's Saga and Njal's Saga. A few of these are main characters, most of the others are plucked from the genealogies that often accompany the introduction of a notable character. There were dozens more almost as captivating, and many, many more sagas I could have gleaned.
Select any one which especially takes your fancy.
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Grim of Grimness | 4 |
| Audun the Fake-Poet | 4 |
| Bjorn Butter-Box | 3 |
| Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye | 2 |
| Alof the Fecund | 2 |
| Ragnar Hairy-Breeks | 2 |
| Brynjolf the Unruly | 1 |
| Eyvind Karfi | 0 |
| Hjalti Skeggjason | 0 |
| Gizur the White | 0 |
| Glum Hildisson | 0 |
| Olaf the Peacock | 0 |
| Grjotgard | 0 |
| Thorir Snippet | 0 |
| Helgi the Lean | 0 |
| Otkel Skarfsson | 0 |
| Skarp-Hedin | 0 |
| Ketil Trout | 0 |
| Ljot the Pale | 0 |
| Tongue-Odd | 0 |
| Thorir Long-Chin | 0 |
| Thorgils Gjallandi | 0 |
| Thorgeir Thorn-Foot | 0 |
| Hallbjorn Half-Troll | 0 |
| Killer-Bardi Thoridsson | 0 |
| Osvif the Wise | 0 |
| Ketil Flat-Nose | 0 |
| Mord Fiddle | 0 |
| Askel the Silent | 0 |
| Ketil of Mork | 0 |
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 6 April 2017 01:55 (eight years ago)
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