What is the pattern of Viking's name?

Answer 1

Not many people notice that Vikings names have sort of a pattern e.g think of the viking Leif Ericson his fathers name is Erik and Leif's last name is Eric with the letters s o n on the end, and Erik Thorvaldsson (Leif's father) well his fathers name is Thorvalds, and Eriks last name is Thorvalds with the letters s o n on the end of it.

and it goes down the line:

Leif Ericson -who was the son of-

Erik Thorvaldsson -who was the son of-

Thorvald Asvaldsson -who was the son of-

Asvald Ulfsson -who was the son of-

Ulf Oxen-Thorisson -who was the son of-

Oxen-Thorir -and there is many more going down the line-