Ah, good point. Both of them, actually. I'm sure the travellers in Norse culture valued shiny curiousities as much as any modern tourists, or that's how it seemed judging by the exhibits on my recent visit at the National Museum in Copenhagen...that is, as long as they weren't sacrificing said shiny stuff to bogs and such.
Talking about names...funnily enough, I looked up the article about Bertram (http://www.behindthename.com/name/bertram) on Behind the Name and apparently it was introduced by the Normans. Of course, that doesn't mean it's specifically of Scandinavian origin... (btw, the name Reginald is related to Reynold (http://www.behindthename.com/name/reynold) which in turn is derived from Germanic Raginald, from ragin "advice" and wald "rule". Isn't that just generally awesome, even if it doesn't necessarily work as a viking name? ¤3¤ Ragnar could very well work though. *looks up* Ha, "advice" again, and also "army". PFFFFT. xD That or Ragnvaldr, which according to B.t.N is an ancient Scandinavian cognate of Reynold. But more of a mouthful than Ragnar, obviously.)
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Talking about names...funnily enough, I looked up the article about Bertram (http://www.behindthename.com/name/bertram) on Behind the Name and apparently it was introduced by the Normans. Of course, that doesn't mean it's specifically of Scandinavian origin...
(btw, the name Reginald is related to Reynold (http://www.behindthename.com/name/reynold) which in turn is derived from Germanic Raginald, from ragin "advice" and wald "rule". Isn't that just generally awesome, even if it doesn't necessarily work as a viking name? ¤3¤ Ragnar could very well work though. *looks up* Ha, "advice" again, and also "army". PFFFFT. xD That or Ragnvaldr, which according to B.t.N is an ancient Scandinavian cognate of Reynold. But more of a mouthful than Ragnar, obviously.)