OK, I may be bored and going a bit overboard and over-thought with this but hear me out. This is actually going to come to no more than an academic exercise and a brain-fart.
I'm on the verge of having that personal DNA test done that I keep going on about. But having a deep gut feeling - and I have enough bear (not beer) gut to listen to - that my ancestry is actually Vikingr, even if only in small part, I've developed an affinity, or a feeling of kinship with the Vikingar (and working on my ON declensions, which I may post on). To that end, as a thought experiment, I'm thinking what my Old Norse patronymic would or could be. I adopted the internet name Thorbjorn ('thunder bear') because I am Thor's bear.
My (deceased) father's name was Frank which though it's an approved Icelandic name it's not Old Norse. However, I never felt a closeness to him. Besides, I think the name Franksson is kind of pedestrian. Because I feel more of a kinship with the Vikingar I'm thinking of something like Thorbjorn Nordmannsson ('Northman's son', and properly declined in ON from Norðmaðr, being the geek I am ). As simple as it sounds I think it's a bit more inspired... and it's actually Old Norse. My family would wail and shriek and there would be the gnashing of teeth if I went through with it. I'm a schmuck at heart.
I'm on the verge of having that personal DNA test done that I keep going on about. But having a deep gut feeling - and I have enough bear (not beer) gut to listen to - that my ancestry is actually Vikingr, even if only in small part, I've developed an affinity, or a feeling of kinship with the Vikingar (and working on my ON declensions, which I may post on). To that end, as a thought experiment, I'm thinking what my Old Norse patronymic would or could be. I adopted the internet name Thorbjorn ('thunder bear') because I am Thor's bear.
My (deceased) father's name was Frank which though it's an approved Icelandic name it's not Old Norse. However, I never felt a closeness to him. Besides, I think the name Franksson is kind of pedestrian. Because I feel more of a kinship with the Vikingar I'm thinking of something like Thorbjorn Nordmannsson ('Northman's son', and properly declined in ON from Norðmaðr, being the geek I am ). As simple as it sounds I think it's a bit more inspired... and it's actually Old Norse. My family would wail and shriek and there would be the gnashing of teeth if I went through with it. I'm a schmuck at heart.