Einarr "Turf" Rognvaldsson, Orkneyjarl - Alternative Data After Merges

Started by Sharon Doubell on Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Sharon Doubell C

3/30/2022 at 11:25 PM

Surname Rognvaldsson Ragnvaldsson

Birth Date 852 c. 858

Guðbjörn Ívar Kjartansson

4/2/2022 at 2:21 AM

The alternative surname is because of the language change. In old Norse it was written with ǫ ( modern day Icelandic Ö or danish ø) wich are umlauted a,

Sharon Doubell C

4/2/2022 at 11:51 AM

ahhh - that's helpful. Which do you think is closest to the original?

Guðbjörn Ívar Kjartansson

4/3/2022 at 7:21 AM

The one that sounds closest would be Rögnvaldsson

Sharon Doubell C

4/3/2022 at 8:04 AM

Thanks - I've changed to that.

Private User

4/3/2022 at 8:42 AM

Sharon Doubell here is a link to a document that lists mostly all of the Scandinavian alphabet from usage of the runes to present: https://omniglot.com/writing/oldnorse.htm

Sharon Doubell C

4/3/2022 at 1:39 PM

Thank you

Private User

4/3/2022 at 5:40 PM

Sharon Doubell hope this helps you understand better all the confusion around our alphabet.

Normunds Abolins

5/2/2022 at 4:51 AM

Einarr "Turf" Rögnvaldsson, Orkneyjarl is my 31st great uncle.

Einarr "Turf" Rognvaldsson, Orkneyjarl - Alternative Data After Merges

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