Quote Dave Lister="Dave Lister"I want Halfdan of t'wide embrace to respond.'"
It's quite simple. My name is Roger but that is already in use on this board. Just before registering I spent a weekend in Yorkshire watching Broncos and a Div 1 game. I stopped off in a village and popped in to the local church for a bit of tourism. (It was particularly old) The guide book had a decent history of the area and mentioned the Viking raids the locals suffered from, led by Princes Halfdan of the Wide Embrace (sometimes just Halfdan Wide Embrace) and his brother Ivarr the Boneless. (The third brother was called Ubbe but that's much less interesting.) I thought they were such wonderful names one of them should be borrowed for use on this forum, one toss of a coin later and it was Halfdan.
Incidentally one suggestion for the name 'Boneless' is that Ivarr was disabled and unable to walk though that cannot be proved. Another brother, Sigurd Snake-Eyes was too young to join those particular raids. Their father was known as Ragnar Lothbrok, which translates as Ragnar Hairy Breeches.