ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1712 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1712 ************************************ 26 Apr 1999 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked whether is a correct 9th to 12th century Icelandic masculine name. This letter is a brief answer to your question. (usually spelled with a double 'l' at the end) was a popular name in Viking Iceland. was fairly uncommon, but it was used. Ketill son of Dagr would have been called . The final 'r' in is a grammatical ending that marks the word as being in the nominative case, i.e. the form used in a subject of a sentence. The <-r> is nearly silent, pronounced as an unvoiced rolled 'r' and not as a separate syllable. is the possessive (genitive) form of the name, much as is the possessive form of in English [1, 2]. is a fine name for your period. 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 Aryanhwy merch Catmael. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 26 Apr 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Aryanhwy Prytydes merch Catmael Caermyrdin, "Viking Names found in the Landna/mabo/k" (WWW: Privately published, 1998). [2] Fleck, G. (aka Geirr Bassi Haraldsson), _The Old Norse Name_, Studia Marklandica (series) (Olney, Maryland: Yggsalr Press, 1977).