About norse world names
Each result fuses an Old Norse root with a world word, so "miðrverǫld" and "ókátrbjǫð" sit beside hybrids like "Berserkland", with parenthetical roots showing what was welded together. The authentic spellings suit saga inspired settings, while anglicized blends fit lighter Viking flavored games. Hang nine of them from a world tree and the cosmology writes itself.
How norse world names are built
Norse world names join two roots into a single compound and add a parenthetical meaning pair. In 'Shameland (sorrow + land)', the surface name fuses one root with one world word, while the parentheses hold a fresh draw from the same banks rather than a breakdown of the surface form. The root bank is large at 668 entries against a 22-entry world-word bank.
Shameland (sorrow + land)
Shame (root bank) + land (world-word bank)
Spájǫrð (depression + dwelling)
Spá (root bank) + jǫrð (world-word bank)
Arifield (moss + dimension)
Ari (root bank) + field (world-word bank)
Naming notes
The parenthetical is produced by the template itself, but it draws new values from the two banks, so it sits beside the surface name as a meaning pair rather than a gloss of its fragments. The world-word bank is small (22 entries), so its values recur across results. Some surface forms read as Old Norse and some as English.
Questions about norse world names
- What does the parenthetical show?
- A fresh pair drawn from the same two banks. The template appends them in parentheses, so Shameland appears beside sorrow + land rather than beside its own fragments.
- Why do some look Norse and some English?
- The surface form can render either way, so a result like okatrbjod sits beside one like Brennaworld, letting a setting mix the two.
- How big are the banks?
- The root bank holds 668 entries and the world-word bank 22, so the small world-word set recurs while the root fragments vary widely.