[5] Róði: The name is attested in many kennings and is also included in Þul Sækonunga 3/7. Perhaps a nickname, either related to the weak verb rœða ‘speak’ (so Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 295) or derived from róða f. ‘rood, crucifix’ (< OE rōð), hence ‘one with a rood’. Björn Sigfússon (1934, 136-7) explains the name as follows: ‘We can fancy that some pagan Viking adopted the Christian symbol, the powerful crucifix, as a war-token on his raids, which would very likely give him the surname Róði’. For other possible interpretations, see ÍO: róði.