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Origin of the name NJALL.
Etymology of the
name NJALL.
Meaning of the baby name NJALL.
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NJÁLL. Old
Norse name derived from Gaelic Niul
(q.v.), from niadh, meaning "champion." Njáll Þorgeirsson was a 10th century Icelandic lawyer;
he is one of the main protagonists in Njáls saga.
Njáll, m.
a pr. name [from the Gaelic], Landn.; whence Njáls-brenna, u, f. the
burning of Njal, An. 1010, Nj. ch. 130, inscr.: Njáls-Saga
(commonly called Njála), named in þorst. Siðu H. Anal. 170, see
List of Authors: in the sayings, vera vitr sem Njáll, to be as wise as
Njal; or, Njáls bita ráðin, a saying quoted as early as by Arngrim in
1593. (An Icelandic-English
Dictionary, Cleasby-Vigfusson, 1874).
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