6: Gunnar Bjornulfson -New Name (NP)

Submitter desires a masculine name.
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Submitted through the Barony of Wiesenfeuer

Gunnarr is an Old Norse name from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz, from *gunþiz ("battle") +‎

*harjaz ("warrior"). Gunnar is a cognate in Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish. [1,2] "Gunnar"

was listed 11 times in the Landnámabók Íslands by Einar Arnórsson, names of people who lived in

Landnámabók, Iceland from its settlement period into the 11 th century. [3]

[1] Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN, page 149

[2] Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name. Studia Marklandica I. Olney, MD: Markland Medieval

Militia. 1977. p. 10 s.n. Gunnarr; FJ pp. 113-114, 344, 348 s.nn. Gunnarr, Gunn-, -arr; CV p. 221 s.v.

gunnr; NR s.nn. Gunnarr, Gunn-, Gunni, -gunnr, -arr

[3] Catmael, Aryanhwy merch (Sara L. Uckelman). "Viking Names found in Landnámabók" The Academy

of Saint Gabriel . https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html. (Accessed Feb 13,

2023).

Bjorn is a name deriving from the Primitive Scandinavian bernuR, "bear". "Bjorn" itself was an

extremely common name in Western Scandinavia with many variations.[1] Úlf- is a name element

identical to Old Icelandic úlfr, meaning "wolf". It is usually used in the beginning part of a name, as in

Úlfarr, Úlfgeirr, and Úlfviðr[2], however an unusual spelling of Bjornulf was found once in the

Landnámabók Íslands, reading as "Biǫrnólfr".[3]

When used as the latter part of a man's name in Icelandic, "úlfr" is sounded (and often spelt) "-

ólfr".[4] "Bjǫrn" is also an alternative spelling of Bjorn more representative of the original Old Norse

sound, though "björn" is the more commonly used spelling in today's Icelandic.[5] As Landnámabók

Íslands is a census of an old Icelandic settlement, this accounts for the difference in spelling. The spelling

of this name in Younger Futhark would be ᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾᚢᛚᚠᚱ,[4,5] and Anglicization of this name is a

matter of preference so long as the sound is preserved.

The earliest instance of Bjǫrnulfr as a spelling is found in early 11 th Century Norway.[6]

-son is a common name element denoting lineage, as in "the son of Bjornulfr".

[1] Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name. Studia Marklandica I. Olney, MD: Markland Medieval

Militia. 1977. p. 8 s.n. Bjǫrn; FJ pp. 54-55, 342 s.nn. Bjǫrn, Bjǫrn-; CV p. xxxiv s.v. "Pet Names"; NR s.nn.

Biǫrn.

[2] Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name. Studia Marklandica I. Olney, MD: Markland Medieval

Militia. 1977. p. 15 s.n. Úlfarr; FJ pp. 347, 348 s.nn. Ulf-, -arr; CV pp. 668 s.v. úlfr; NR s.nn. -ulfR, -arr

[3] Catmael, Aryanhwy merch (Sara L. Uckelman). "Viking Names found in Landnámabók" The Academy

of Saint Gabriel . https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html. (Accessed Feb 13,

2023).

[4]"Úlfr". Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary (2020-2023). https://cleasby-vigfusson-

dictionary.vercel.app/word/ulfr. [Accessed Feb 13, 2023].

[5]"Björn". Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary (2020-2023). https://cleasby-vigfusson-

dictionary.vercel.app/word/bjorn. [Accessed Feb 13, 2023].

[6] Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug. Norsk Personnamnleksikon. Det Norske Samlaget, 1995. ISBN:

82-521-4483-7. Nordic Names shortcut: NPER