Þorsteinn och Sigurðr

En undersökning av isländska och norska särdrag i personnamnmaterialet i islänningatåtarna

Abstract

This article explores the personal names given to Icelandic and Norwegian individuals in 23 of the Old Norse literary íslendingaflættir. The aim is to establish if differences between Norway and Iceland, and innovations and archaisms in personal names from the different time periods accessible through the íslendingaflættir, are visible in literary sources. The findings of the analysis of the personal names in the íslendingaflættir are supplemented with results of previous research and non-literary sources. Despite the limited source material, the personal names of Icelandic and Norwegian individuals found in 23 íslendingaflættir exhibit noticeable differences such as preferences for specific names or name components.