[Loch-Ruadh] Its a boy... no.. its a Viking!! Just FYI

[Chris Harper]

At 08:04 PM 7/21/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Ben ,once Marcus, has FINALLY chosen his new Viking
>name......
>The first element Geir- is identical to the Old
>Icelandic geirr, "spear."
>
>The second element -marr comes from the OW.Norse
>adjective mærr, "famous, glorious, great", derived in
>turn from the proto-Scandinavian máriR "to
>distinguish, to praise, to commend".
>inn seki -  Found in The Old Norse Name by Geirr Bassi
>Haraldsson page 27 means "outlaw, exile"


Am I then to assume that we are to call him,
"Great, Famous and Glorious Spear, who is a Distinguished,
Praised Outlaw and Commended to Exile"?

Sorry, it was to good to pass up.

Bicé