Terralventhe Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) As it were, the name Sigfríður appears a few times in Old Icelandic sagas, as I recall it, making it a name that was around at least as early as the 900's to early 1000's. Though I can at least chalk that one up to there being Norse equivalents of each other with names like Kristinn and Kristín and such. At any rate, between the obvious number of Scandinavians here on Nexus, ya can't tell me you don't end up snickering just a little bit when you see a woman named Bjartur or Ari. And with how many of us there seem to be, equivalents would be easily created as replacement names. Edited November 21, 2011 by Terralventhe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EirikurRaudi Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Out of all of these replies, I would be more inclined to trust in the native Icelander when it comes to Old Norse names and gender conventions. Icelandic is pretty much stuck 1000 years in the past. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terralventhe Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Out of all of these replies, I would be more inclined to trust in the native Icelander when it comes to Old Norse names and gender conventions. Icelandic is pretty much stuck 1000 years in the past. :P LOL It's true, but that's part of what makes it so awesome. I can look at old scrolls and understand them, which is pretty badass when you think about it. Also, your name is truly ironic given the subject of Icelanders in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuDux Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Wow, good catch! Now I really want a mod to fix this. Unexpectedly sloppy from Bethseda. (then again, given all the bugs, low res textures and stuff, maybe not... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EirikurRaudi Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Out of all of these replies, I would be more inclined to trust in the native Icelander when it comes to Old Norse names and gender conventions. Icelandic is pretty much stuck 1000 years in the past. :P LOL It's true, but that's part of what makes it so awesome. I can look at old scrolls and understand them, which is pretty badass when you think about it. Also, your name is truly ironic given the subject of Icelanders in the past. Nexus wouldn't allow me to use í or ð so I was forced towards the modern spelling. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukethepcdr Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Most woman's names started out as man's names anyway. Some are altered such as Georgia or Joan. While others are 'unisex' and are used for both sexes like Jayden and Stacy. So I don't see what the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkInMKUK Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) Agreed, a renaming mod would be good (but watch for any in-dialogue references to other character's names). Regarding male and female names, there's always Marion Morrison (a.k.a. John Wayne) and Shirley Crabtree (a.k.a. wrestler "Dig Daddy") - a case of "Surely you can't be serious?" "Yes, I'm serious, and don't call me Shirley!" And how many of us have Nordic-based character names when running a Nord? My current character (female Nord) is Runa Olasdottir, which (based purely on naming sites) means something along the lines of "secret lore of the ancestors" Edited April 2, 2012 by MarkInMKUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakescale Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 If you're using a culture as reference, at least do it seriously. It might be insignificant/trivial but you don't know how people will react to it. Some might find it offensive. A mod would be a good way to rectify this sloppy work from Bethseda. Do try harder :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokiron Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 My current character (female Nord) is Runa Olasdottir, which (based purely on naming sites) means something along the lines of "secret lore of the ancestors" LOL. You are a letter and you are the daughter of Olas (which I don't know what means). That's it :tongue: (Danish, btw, so not as strong in the old norse as the Icelandic people) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brasher Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) I was disappointed that almost all of the place names are in English and don't even sound Scandinavian. There are places like Whiterun, Riverview, and Dragonbridge. It seems to me like there were more Scandinavian-sounding place names in the Morrowind expansion Bloodmoon. Edited April 2, 2012 by David Brasher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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