Place names in

Njall & The One-eyed Lord
by Bob Flaws

Agdanes: Settlement at the mouth of the Trondheim Fjord, Norway

Agdir: Province at the southern tip of Norway, divided into East and West Agdir

Apardjon: Aberdeen, Scotland

Atjolkar: Atholl, Scotland

Aurrithafjord: Bay of Firth, Orkney

Barra: One of the southern islands of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Bergen: Bergen, Norway

Beruvik: Berwick, Scotland

Birka: Trading post on Lake Mälar in central Sweden

Bjarkey: Island in Malangenfjord on north coast of Norway

Borerey: Island near St. Kilda’s

Borg: Steading on one of the Lofoten Islands, Norway

Borgarsey: Burray, Orkney

Breidafjord: Moray Firth

Bretland: One of the Norse names for Wales

Brogar: Brodgar, Mainland, Orkney

Brygisherath: Buckquoy and Birsay, Mainland, Orkney. 

Cluin-mic-Nois: Clonmacnois, Co. Offaly, Ireland

Corcach: Cork, Ireland

Dalar: Argyll, Scotland

Dorstad: A trading city on the lower Rhine abandoned in the mid-800s

Drynes: Deerness, Mainland, Orkney

Dufeyrar: Banff, Scotland

Dungalsbear: Duncansby, Caithness, Scotland

Dyflinn: Dublin, Ireland

Dynröst: The Sumburgh Roost, a whirlpool south of Sumburgh, Shetlands

Efju Sound: Evie Sound between Eynhallow and Mainland in Orkney

Egilsey: Egilsay, Orkney

Ekkjalsbakki: River Oykel, Sutherland, Scotland

England: England as in the land of the Angles and Saxons

Eyin Helga sound: The sound between Rousay and Eynhallow island in Orkney

Eyin Helga: Eynhallow island, Orkney

Faereyjar: The Faeroe Islands

Flaas: A farm on S. Ronaldsay, Orkney

Flattey: Flotta, Orkney

Frankland: France

Frasvik: Freswick, Caithness, Scotland

Frisland: The Netherlands

Fritharey: Fair Isle between the Orkneys and Shetlands

Fyn: Large island off the southeast coast of Jutland, Denmark on which Odense is located

Gaddgethlar: Galloway, Scotland

Gall’s Way: Galway Bay, Ireland

Geitaberg: Gaitnip, a farm on Mainland, Orkney

Glettunes: Glaitness, a farm on Mainland, Orkney

Götaland: The south central part of Sweden

Gotland: Island off the east coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea

Greekland: The Byzantine Empire around the Black Sea

Gudbrandsdal: Area of Norway near Toten and Raumerike

Hadaland: Area southeast of Toten and northeast of Raumerike, Norway

Haey: Hoy, Orkney

Havbredeyjar: The Outer Hebrides

Hedeby: A trading center on Sliefjord in southeastern Denmark/northeastern Germany

Hedemark: Province on the eastern border of Norway with Sweden

Herathfjord: Harray Loch. In the 9^th century, this was an inlet, not a lake closed off from the sea.

Hierusalem: Jerusalem, Israel

Hirte: St. Kilda

Hjalpindisey: Shapinsay, Orkney

Hjaltland: The Shetlands

Hlade: The area around Trondheimfjord in Norway

Hlymrekr: Limerick, Ireland

Hordaland: Province on the western coast of Norway surrounding Bergen

Hrolfsey: Rousay, Orkney

Hrossey: Mainland, Orkney

Humra: The Humber River in Northumberland

Husby: An estate several miles from Skiringssal at the head of Viksfjord, Norway

Hvarfnes: Cape Wrath, Sutherland, Scotland

Iceland: Iceland

Inis Mor: Inis Mor, one of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland

Inis Muiredaig: Inis Murray, an island off the north coast of Ulster, Ireland

Ireland: Ireland

Isley: Islay, one of the Inner Hebrides

Jorvik: York, Northumberland, England

Jutland: The Danish peninsula

Jylland: The southern part of the Danish peninsula

Katanes: Caithness, Scotland

Kattegat: The sound between Denmark and Sweden

Kumbreyjar: The Cumbrae Islands, Strathclyde

Kunnaktir: Connaught, Ireland

Kventovik: Quentovic, a trading city south of present day Boulogne, France

Laigin-stadir: Leinster, Ireland

Lake Mälar: Lake in central Sweden in the vicinity of Stockholm

Lambey: A small island off the west coast of Dublin, Ireland

Little Belt: The sound between Jutland and Fyn in Denmark

Ljóthús: Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Lofoten: Islands off the northwest coast of Norway just above the 68^th parallel

Lolland: Danish island just south of Sjaelland

Maerhaefi: Moray, Scotland

Maeyjar: The Isle of May in Firth of Forth, Scotland  

Menig: The Isle of Man

Mere: A region in the Trondelagen in northwest Norway; also spelled Maer and Möre

Miklagard: Constantinople or Istanbul, Turkey

Mon: Another Norse name for Anglesey, Wales

Møn: Island located between and off the west coasts of Lolland and Sjaelland, Denmark

Muli: Mull’s Head, Mainland, Orkney

Muman-stadir: Munster, Ireland

Myrkvafjord: Firth of Forth, Scotland

Njallsey: An island in the Faeroes

North Walas: Northen Wales

Northimbraland: Northumberland, England

Nordkapp: The North Cape, Norway

Northlands: The north of Norway

Norway: Norway, the North Way

Öland: Long island off the southeastern Swedish coast across the Kalmar Sound from Kalmar

Öngulsey: Anglesy, the island off the west coast of Wales

Ørfjara: Orphir, a farm on Mainland, Orkney

Orkneyjar: Orkney Islands, Scotland

Örmstr: Unst, northenmost of the Shetland Islands

Papey Minni; Papa Stronsay, Orkney

Papuli: Paplay, Mainland, Orkney

Pettlandfjord: The Pentland Firth between Caithness and Orkney

Raumarike: Area northeast of Oslo, Norway

Raumdall: A region in the Trondelagen in northwestern Norway

Rennudalar: Rendall, a farm on Mainland, Orkney

Rinansey: North Ronaldsay, Orkney

Rogaland: Province on the south west coast of Norway surrounding Stravanger

Rognvaldsey: South Ronaldsey. Orkney

Ros: Ross, Scotland

Sandey: Sandey, Orkney

Sandey: Sandoy, one of the Faeroe Islands

Sátíri; Kintyre, Scotland

Saxland: Saxony, northwest Germany

Scalpeith: Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland: Scotland

Scotlandfjord: The North & Little Minch between Scotland and the Outer Hebrides

Serkland: The lands south and east of Russia and Istanbul

Sjaelland: Large island in southwest Denmark on which Copehagen is situated

Skaggerak: The sound between Denmark and Norway

Skåne: The southern tip of the Swedish peninsula

Skaw: The small peninsula jutting out into the Skaggerak from Denmark

Skiringssal: A trading post at the mouth of Oslofjord, a.k.a. Kaupang

Skithamyrr: Skitten River, Caithness, Scotland

Sliefjord: Bay now located in Schleswig, northern Germany

Småland: The souther part of Sweden east of Öland

Sogne: Area surrounding the Sognafjord Naturally the current province of Fjordane, Norway

Southlands: Either the southern part of Norway or all lands south of Norway

Staraja Ladoga: Trading post in Russia situated on or near Lake Ladoga

Steinnes: Stenness, Mainland, Orkney

Strathclaed Walas: Strathclyde, Scotland

Straumsey: Stroma, island in Pentland Firth, Scotland

Stravanger: Stravanger, Norway; on same latitude as Orkney

Strjonsey: Stronsay, Mainland, Orkney

Sudreyjar: The Hebrides; literally, the Southern Islands south of Orkneyjar and Norway

Sudrland: Sutherland, Scotland

Sudurey: Suduroy, southernmost of the Faeroe Islands

Svealand: Central eastern Sweden

Svíney: Swona, island in Pentland Firth, Scotland

Temple of the Moon: Ring of Brodgar, Mainland, Orkney

Temple of the Sun: Ring of Stenness, Mainland, Orkney

Thingvöllr: Tingwall, Mainland, Orkney

Thorsa: Thurso, Caithness, Scotland

Tor Ness: Promintory at the southern tip of Hoy, Orkney

Torfnes: Tarbat Ness, Caithness, Scotland

Toten: Area north of Raumerike, Norway

Trondelagen: A province of Norway on the north central west coast

Trondheimfjord: Trondheim Fjord, Norway

Tyrvist: Tiree, Hebrides, Scotland

Ulad-stadir: Ulster, Ireland

Uplands: The south central highands of Norway

Vágaland: South Walls, Orkney

Vestfjord: Stronsay Firth, Orkney

Vestfold: Province on the western side of Oslofjord, Norway

Vestrey: Westray, Orkney

Vestvagey: One of the Lofoten Islands, Norway

Vik: Wick, Caithness, Scotland

Viksfjord: The name of the waters south of Oslofjord, Norway

Viksfjord: Wexford, Ireland

Vingulmark: A district in the Oslofjord area north of Vestfold, Norway

Waesfjord: Waterford, Ireland

Wendland: Northeastern Germany and northern Poland

Westlands: The Western part of Norway

Westness: A farm on Rousay; in Norse: Vestnes