1 8 Faraday, Irisli Influence on Icelandic Literature. 



nuss); Odolbli ( = Au^61fr); Oistin ( = Eysteinn); Oitir} 

 Oittir, Ottir, Otir, etc. ( = Ottarr) ; Ragnall, Raglinall, Rad- 

 naiir- ( = *Ragnvaldr, Rognvaldr) ; RagJinailt ( = female 

 name, Ragnhild) ; Ruaniand, Rnadlniiand (=Hr6mundr, 

 *Hr6'Smundr) ; Saxulb, Saxolbh ( = *Saxulfr, Soxolfr) ; 

 Sic/rifh, Sick frit, Sichfraidh, Siugrad, Sighrud, etc. 

 ( = *Sigfri^r, SigurSr) ; Signiall T = *Sigvaldr) ; Siinond 

 ( = Sigmundr) ; Sitriuc, Sitnug, Sitricc, etc. ( ^ Sigtryggr); 

 Soniarlid, SonihairlidJi, Souiairligh, Sonihairle, etc. ( = Su- 

 marli'bi) ; Stain, Zain, Sdain,^ ( = Steinn); 'I oinralt 

 ( = )2orvaldr) ; Torgeis, Turges (perhaps = jjorgils) ; 

 Toiolb, I orolbh ( = ]56r61fr); Turcaill,^ Torcaiil, Turgaill 

 f = })<)rkcll> 



Other names given as Norse which cannot be satis- 

 factoril}' equated are: Anrath; Goistilin ; Grisin or Grisine ; 

 Iiifuit ; Laraic ; Muraillox Sniurall ; iMilid Bun {\:)CY\\?i^s 

 = Biii ?) ; Lununin ; Oiberd (Dr. Stokes thinks = Objarto, 

 "beardless," or HrobjarSr; it might represent Eyvindr) ; 

 Onphile ; Ota; Plait; S tab all ; Sortadbud. 



More significant than the actual number of Norse 

 names in Irish sources is the persistence and increasing 

 frequency with which they recur among Irish families in 

 the later annals ; for that reason, I have gone more fully 

 into them than into the Irish names in the Sagas. A 

 Celtic name in Iceland rarely survived more than a 

 generation or two ; the exceptions, Njall and Kormakr, 

 arc peculiar, as having been adopted very early (see 

 above). In Ireland, the case is quite different. At 

 first rarely, but with increasing frequency, Norse 

 names occur in Irish families. The first case, if the 

 usual reading of the passage is taken, is not till 103 1 



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