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[Opinions] Icelandic Names (from a book by J.K. Stefansson)
Hi !!!Here there is the chapter four:
WDYTO them? Any info?Kjartan (m)
Kristín (f)
Pétur (m)
Valli (m)
Lára (f)
Kolbrún (f)
Bjorgvin (m)
Diljá (f)
Ólafía (f)
Ragnar (m)
Björg (f)
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Kjartan (m) - k-YARR-tan or almost k-YARSH-tan, apparently based on an old Celtic name
Kristín (f) - KRIS-tin
Pétur (m) - PAY-toor
Valli (m) - nn, not sure for what
Lára (f) - LA-o-ra
Kolbrún (f) - KAWL-brune, "black eyebrows"
Bjorgvin (m) - BYURG-vin, "helping friend"
Diljá (f) - not sure about this, apparently it's a variant of Delia. Spelled like this the pr. should be DIL-yow
Ólafía (f)- not sure about the pr., something like OW-luf-ya, I guess.
Ragnar (m) - RUG-nahr
Björg (f) - byurg
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i'd love Ólafía if not for Olaf reminding me always of Count Olaf. oh and also that snowman. anyway i do like:
Diljá
Valli
Kolbrún
Björg (lovely meaning)
Ragnar
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