[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"King Harold Bluetooth"

Viking names are like that. (My Father had a "blue tooth"--grey, actually.)

Onund Stump Leg: He lost it in a fight--during battles he set the leg on a stump on the deck of the longboat. Fought anyone that wandered within reach.

Sigurd Snake in the Eye: Can't say why he got this name. Knew of someone in High School that got the white of his eye cut in a knife fight. The scar was jagged and purple ("pretty cool" said my friends) and maybe Sigurd had a scar in his eye that looked like that.)

Gizur the White: An Albino? or just really flaxen locks?

Harold Hardrider (Trygvvason): One of the kings of Norway. 7 feet tall. He rode his "subjects" mercilessly. Had a Christian wife who could read and write. (He didn't.)

[AnAmericanMother]

I thought it was Hardrada - Hard Counsel. But maybe that's my Anglo-Saxon talking.

[wildbill]

Maybe Harold Hardrider rode his wife hard and she commemmorated it in writing since he couldn't read to take offense.

[GoLightly]

My favorite on is Halvdan den Milde Og Matille Øysteinsøn(The Generous & Food Miserly), because it's rather baffling. His father was Øystein "Fretr" Halvdansson (the Fart), a name that is sure to bring glee to any young boy.