Icelandic place name elements (idea)
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This is useful if you are reading Icelandic or Norse sagas,
to shed light on place names or even character names. Then, when you
read that Eirik the Red named his Greenland homestead "Brattahlid",
you get a mental picture of a place on a steep hill, and you can smile to yourself in a self-congratulatory way.
It could also be handy if you are making up places on the map for a Nordic fantasy world or role-playing game. Descriptive elements Geographic elements (alphabetical) (by category) ---------------------- ------------------- ar oar hús house blár blue heimili home bjarn bear holm homestead blom flower holt homestead bratta steep thorp village dogun dawn dy'r animal höll palace, hall fridur peace vigi fortress fugl bird jardeign estate glathur glad hlid gate gledi joy gardur wall, fence grænn green gras grass hlada barn grjót rocky baer farm hár tall gardir fence hestur horse vin, hagi pasture hey hay hrafn raven hreindy'r reindeer land land hross horse stada place hundur dog rik realm hvalur whale fold region (valley?) hveiti wheat hvita white hóll hill kanína rabbit haeth hill kyr cow brekka hill loft sky bakki riverbank mjolk milk hlíd steep hillside morgunn morning fjall/fell hill myrkur dark bjarg rock ormr dragon howe hill, gravemound ottar otter raudur red holur hollow reykjur smoke skogur forest selur seal vellir plain sig victory heidi moor skepna sheep slétta plain sky' cloud wegur, way road snjor snow dalur dale, vale sol sun ness headland, peninsula stjarna star hellir cave stór grand svan swan sjór sea svartur black fliot wide river, rivermouth thing meeting floi bay thoka fog fjord inlet thorskur codfish hofn harbor tré tree vik, vogur creek, cove ulf wolf bryggja pier villtur wild sker rock (in water) vínber berry tjorn lake, tarn viska fish vatn lake, water foss waterfall straumur stream strand/fjar beach ferja ferry sund sound, wide bayNotes:
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