Viking nicknames

From Medieval net: it wasn't just Harald Bluetooth or Ivar the boneless.

Male Norse Nicknames

• Asbjorn Muscle of Orrastead
• Audun Thin-Hair
• Eirik Ale-Lover
• Eystein Foul-Fart
• Finni the Dream-Interpreter
• Gunnstein Berserks’-Killer
• Hermund the Bent
• Ketil Flat-Nose
• Kolbjorn the Slighter
• Olaf the Witch-Breaker
• Olvir the Child-Sparer
• Sigtrygg the Fast Sailing
• Thord the Left-Handed
• Thorgeir the Clumsy
• Thorir Leather-Neck
• Thorir the Troll-Burster
• Thorstein Ill-Luck
• Thrand Slender-Leg
• Ulf the Squint-Eyed
• Vemund Word-Master

Female Norse Nicknames

• Astrid Wisdom-Slope
• Gro the Second-Sighted
• Hallgerd Twist-Breeks
• Hlif the Horse-Gelder
• Thora Moss-Neck
• Thorbjorg Ship-Breast
• Thordis the Big
• Thorunn Blue-Cheek
• Thurid Sound-Filler
• Yngvild All-Men’s-Sister

To learn more please read Paul Peterson’s MA thesis on Old Norse Nicknames