Naddoddr

Old Norse Alternative forms non Naddoðr, non Naddaðr Etymology From non naddr spear, weapon oddr point. Pronunciation non /ˈnɑdː.odːɹ̠̊˔/ 9th century West Norse non /ˈnadː.odːr/ 13th century Icelandic Proper noun m The first Norseman to set foot in Iceland, according to the Landnámabók by Ari Þorgilsson. non 12th century Ari Þorgilson Landnámabók Svá er sagt, at menn skyldu fara ór Noregi til Færeyja; nefna sumir til Naddodd víking; en þá rak vestr í haf ok fundu þar land mikit. So it has been said that once men set out from Norway bound for the Faroe Islands; and some say that among them was Naddod the Viking; but they drifted west into the main and found there a great land. non male Declension sing-indef Naddoddnon References Landnámabók at Heimskringla Translation of the Landnámabók by Rev. T. Ellwood (1898)