Old Norse Submitted Place Names

These names were used by speakers of Old Norse in Scandinavia and other places that the Norse settled. See also about Germanic names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Birka (Settlement) Old Norse, Old Swedish
Possibly taken from a Latinization of Norse Bjǫrkey "Birch island", although some believe it's derived from Old Norse birk "market place". Birka was a Viking age town and an important trading and market place during the Viking Age located on the island Björkö (modern form of Bjǫrkey) in Lake Mälaren, outside of Stockholm, Sweden.

Eyrarsund (Body of Water) Icelandic, Old Norse
Icelandic and Old West Norse form of Øresund.

Frakkland (Country) Icelandic, Old Norse
Ultimately from Old Norse frakkar "Franks" and land "land". This is the Icelandic and Old Norse form of France.

Garðaríki (Country) Old Norse
Old Norse term for an area located in modern Russia.

Grœnland (Country) Old Norse
Means "green land" in Old Norse. From grœnn "green" and land "land".

Írland (Country) Icelandic, Faroese, Old Norse
Form of Ireland.

Ísland (Country & Island) Icelandic, Faroese, Old Norse
Form of Iceland.

Jorsala (Settlement) Old Norse
Old Norse name for Jerusalem. The name was probably inspired by Uppsala.

Jórvík (Settlement) Old Norse, Icelandic
Icelandic and Old Norse form of York. It is believed to be derived from Old English Eoforwic, itself believed to be derived from Latin Eboracum possibly meaning "place of the yew trees".

Langbarðaland (Country) Old Norse
Old Norse name for Italy.

Miklagarðr (Settlement) Old Norse
Old Norse name for the city of Constantinople, which has been known as Istanbul since 1923.

Serkland (Region) Old Norse
Old Norse name for a region around the Caspian Sea in the Middle East. The name is composed of Old Norse serkr "gown" and land "country"... [more]

Starbeck (Settlement) Old Norse
The name **Starbeck** has an interesting origin! It is derived from the Old Norse term **"Stor-Bokki"**, which means **"Great River"**. The village of Starbeck, near Harrogate in Yorkshire, was formerly spelled as **"Starbok"** and appears in the 1086 Domesday Book... [more]

Takn (Settlement) Old Norse
Old Norse form of Aachen.

Uppsalir (Settlement) Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Uppsala.

Vinland (Region) Old Norse
Old Norse name for a place in modern Canada, named by viking Leif Eriksson c. 1000 AD. The first element of the name is uncertain, but it could be from Old Norse vín "wine" or vin "meadow".

Wicklow (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Irish, Old Norse
Town and county in Ireland. From Old Norse 'víkingalág' or 'vikinga-ló', meaning "meadow of the Vikings".

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