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<blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 5537579" data-attributes="member: 509">Some shorthand for you: Most place names are really just explanations of what they are. Reykjavík, for instance, means Smokey Bay, because it was a bay that was smokey. Ísland (Iceland) was named so because it was a land that appeared icy (it isn't that icy, really, but the first impression stuck). Eyjafjallajökull is a glacier (jökull) in Eyjafjöll (Island Mountains).Others:Akureyri = Field Creek = a creek with some nice fields.Kópavogur = Seal Pup Cove = it had a lot of seals.Hafnarfjörður = Harbor Fjord = had the best natural harbor in the area.Hveragerði = Walled Hot Springs = because it's a bunch of hot springs walled in by mountains.Etc.I think a lot of Norse feel can be produced this way (literal place names, so to speak), without having to get into full faux-norse lingo, but here is a simple rule for quick anglicized norse-style place names: Prefix (noun or adjective) + suffix (geographical phenomenon).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Viking Bastard, post: 5537579, member: 509"] Some shorthand for you: Most place names are really just explanations of what they are. Reykjavík, for instance, means Smokey Bay, because it was a bay that was smokey. Ísland (Iceland) was named so because it was a land that appeared icy (it isn't that icy, really, but the first impression stuck). Eyjafjallajökull is a glacier (jökull) in Eyjafjöll (Island Mountains). Others: Akureyri = Field Creek = a creek with some nice fields. Kópavogur = Seal Pup Cove = it had a lot of seals. Hafnarfjörður = Harbor Fjord = had the best natural harbor in the area. Hveragerði = Walled Hot Springs = because it's a bunch of hot springs walled in by mountains. Etc. I think a lot of Norse feel can be produced this way (literal place names, so to speak), without having to get into full faux-norse lingo, but here is a simple rule for quick anglicized norse-style place names: Prefix (noun or adjective) + suffix (geographical phenomenon). [/QUOTE]

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