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need a norwegian name for your wip?
norwegian characters in english books are not that common, in my experience, but still there's some names i love that i really want to share.
for this i have chosen to lean on the newest baby name trend in norway; finding the oldest most norwegian name in your family tree and naming your kid that. this means more common/popular names like ola, ida, magnus, sunniva, etc will not be listed (though i can make a post like that too, if that's something you want to see).
a lot of these have an origin that traces back to the viking age and i tried to avoid names that came after christianity. you'll see it esp in names that have for example bjørn (from old norse for bear), thor/tor (like the god), -hild (from old norse for battle), -mund (from old norse for protection, i'm pretty sure).
i tried to keep to names that either are very rare (less than 10 people share the first name) or that are old and coming back - you have no idea how many church records i just went through to find some good old ones. hope some of these could come to use for some! feel free to message, send an ask, or leave a reply if you have questions about spelling, pronunciations, or anything else.
so, some examples that i found will be below;
traditionally girl's names;
ragna, gunhild, dagny, frøydis, ylva, solfrid, snefrid, aagot/ågot, thorbjørg, borgny, odlaug, vigdis, valborg, gunlaug, jensine, gunnvor, halldis, undis, rigmor, ellinor, torunn, elida, embla, signe, gørhild, hege, norlaug, thordis, åshild, solveig
traditionally boys names;
hjalmar, njål, brynje, jostein, preben, kyrre, sigvart, gunleif, torjus, oddve, asløv, sverre, vigmund, bjarnar, reidulf, knut, gerhardt, ingeir, guttorm, thormund, ørjan, ådne, aslak, birk, vilje, asbjørn, halvard, ståle, amund
if anyone are interest i can make a more in depth list with the meanings of these names, as i imagine finding the correct definitions with english sources might be difficult for some names. just let me know!
(sidenote, i say "norwegian", but some of these can be used in other scandi countries as well, either with the same spelling or something similar to it.)
scandis, feel free to add your favourite really old people names in replies!<3
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hi all! I’m Clary (I’ve sort of been on Tumblr before… fandom people rise up…), and I’m so excited to be here with all the other Twitter refugees lol. You might know me from my Twitter where I tweet about writing and book recommendations. I’m also active on Instagram!
I’m planning on querying my Korean American YA thriller novel about angry teens, generational trauma, and found family in late January/February, so I’d love if you joined me on my journey! You can read my published literary fiction and drama here on my website. I’m a Holden Caulfield defender, chinchilla lover, rivals to lovers president, and occasionally draw as well.
Some of my writing you can read online:
- “Iphigenia,” Epiphany (micro)
- “Only We Are Here,” Air/Light (short story)
- “Light Red Over Black,” Longleaf Review (flash)
I’m also an alumna of The Adroit Journal’s mentorship program, so I’d love to meet other writers from there as well, and feel free to ask any questions!
Let’s be writing/book friends <3
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the disastrous repercussions of love, gods + sinners
Celebrity superhero Tia falls in love with her arrogant rival labmate and flatmate Harper — without realising that Harper is secretly the supervillain Tia’s been trying to defeat for years.
“I don’t know how to gently break to you that we’re literally throwing each other off rooftops right now.”
“Love and war, right?”
featuring enemies-AND-lovers, blade-to-throat confessions, disaster found family, an overly-flirty supervillain who should have her knives confiscated, an anxious superhero who is Trying Her Best, and basically the avengers if loki lived with them and everyone was singaporean and queer.
YOU’LL LIKE THIS IF YOU LIKE: harley quinn, gideon and harrow from gideon the ninth, miraculous ladybug, avengers (but gayer), she-ra, and red white royal blue
love? meet villainy. careful, she bites.
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hi i’m cam and i’m querying the disastrous repercussions of love, gods + sinners. i mainly write ya fantasy/romcom/contemp/horror and i love my friends i throw wet fish at them so please send me asks and annoy me. i want to be Bitten with Love.
u should follow me because i grew up ugly but im cute now and that’s why i’m hot asf. also my favourite fun fact is that i was almost killed by a tortoise once, anyway if you’re looking for me i’ll be burning down my kitchen, peace out hoemies
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‘But how,’ said Charles, who was close to tears, ‘how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’
Henry lit a cigarette. ‘I prefer to think of it,’ he had said, ‘as redistribution of matter.’
— donna tartt, the secret history
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the secret history / donna tartt (1992)
alfred enoch as richard papen
aaron taylor-johnson as henry winter
dane dehaan as bunny corcoran
caleb landry jones as francis abernathy
lucy boynton as camilla macaulay
freddy carter as charles macaulay
barbie ferreira as judy poovey
richard gere as julian morrow
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hey everyone! i can't believe i'm back on this hellish site once more, but here i am!
i'm yuva, a queer tamil sff/horror author. i love the spooky, the creepy, the fantastical and the fucked up. i'm currently querying a ya horror, RAKSHASA, and (ostensibly) drafting an adult sci-fi horror ft. capitalism, imperialism and eldritch space monsters with sapphic pining.
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Happy 27th Anniversary Jesse and Celine! ❤
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You know that Ada Limón poem where she’s like “i can’t help it i love the way men love”? my dad recently confessed to me that he became a shoemaker because they buried my grandma shoeless
oh…………………………………
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Dune (2021) + Timothée Chalamet + Letterboxd Reviews
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“let people enjoy things” is about not making fun of peoples harmless interests and not making them feel dumb, insignificant or embarrassed for liking it. it’s not something you say whenever someone criticizes racism or queerphobia or misogyny or ableism etc in a work
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