Google translate tells me "stamfar" means ancestor in Norwegian. Can I get a verification? An alternative? I'm thinking I'm going to make my Nord an extension of my Oblivion char, who's slept (or something) for the past 200 years so as to fulfill his destiny in Skyrim(he didn't become the Champion). Sooo... ancestor, because he's old.
I think Magnus Stamfar sounds pretty good, but help would be appreciated.
Dracomagne wrote:Google translate tells me "stamfar" means ancestor in Norwegian. Can I get a verification? An alternative? I'm thinking I'm going to make my Nord an extension of my Oblivion char, who's slept (or something) for the past 200 years so as to fulfill his destiny in Skyrim(he didn't become the Champion). Sooo... ancestor, because he's old.
I think Magnus Stamfar sounds pretty good, but help would be appreciated.
Well, it does mean ancestor in danish, specificly an ancestor who is a male.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but my fireballs will utterly destroy you
Bonfy wrote:I'm trying to find a name for my Nord warrior, something related to the norse mythology.
I liked something related to Niflheim, wich is the lower of the nine worlds in said mythology, the icy-coldy one.
So I thought of something like "Niflhur", "Niflhem" but they don't convince me.
You could pick a name from the lists given, but I always choose names from books I like to read. Mostly from fantasy books like Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings. It's just my of doing things.
A hero can be anyone, even a man doing some as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know the world hadn't ended.
Odin, Loke, Tor, Harald, Olav, Håkon, Sigurd and Bjørn is a few old Norwegian names on the top on my head. Some of the names are from Norse gods and Kings.
Rynkar wrote:What we be a good nord name that sounds like Wayne, or Matthew?
I don't know about wayne... but Matthew is Mattias
För kriget det kan, Förgöra en man
Jag ger mitt liv för mitt fosterland
Men vem saknar mig?
Så se mig som den, En make en vän
Fader och son som aldrig kommer hem
Men vem sörjer mig?
I was trying to figure a Nord name in case I created one, but all I could think of with was Aevar Stone-Singer. Yes I play a lot of Oblivion, but it is a cool name.
You could try 'Thokk' on its own, or dress it up with something like 'Shardthokk' or something as equally contrived as it is butch.
Who/What is Thokk? The disguise of an old woman which Loki used to keep Baldur stuck in the cold underworld. I'd find it a nifty name for a Nordic character who is committed to fighting the undead, all because of the phrase Thokk used to condemn Baldur to his fate:
"Let Hel keep what she has."
Someone dedicated to keep the dead in their proper place would have those words engraved into their zombie-hacking axe.
Baurus: Our job is to get the Emperor out of situations like this. Though I'll admit, things aren't going exactly to plan.
Casandra: At the moment, the deadliest weapon at my disposal is a goblin's head on a stick. I'd be worried if this was the plan.
Frogmander wrote:Im naming my nord warrior "Dovakhiin", no not to be cheesy but because
Minor or maybe major spoiler, though you most likely know since Todd said it...
Spoiler:
At one point the graybeards yell "DOVAAAKHHHHHIIIIIIIIN" from their mountain, and it may be said other times as well
I do things similar to that. Like in oblivion I named my guy sheogorath and he was pure SI. It added realism when npc were saying your characters name.
And for skyrim, my nord will be named after hero or something
LOL. I like that.
