ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1676 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1676 ************************************ 18 Apr 1999 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked how to combine the names and to say that you are Snorri, son of Oddbjorn. This letter is a brief answer to your question. We assume you're interested in a name appropriate to Viking culture, since you cite the names from the Landnamabok. In Old Norse, a son was identified as his father's son by combining the possessive form of the father's given name with the suffix <-son>. The possessive form of was , so Snorri son of Oddbjorn would have been called [1]. This is a fine name for your period. It was pronounced \SNOR-ree OHD-byarn-ar-sohn\. We hope this brief letter has been useful. Please write us again if you have any questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek and Hartmann Rogge. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 18 Apr 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Fleck, G. (aka Geirr Bassi Haraldsson), _The Old Norse Name_, Studia Marklandica (series) (Olney, Maryland: Yggsalr Press, 1977).