Söta bror is ond. It means (the) sweet Brother.

Hi Judy!

My parents with generations in America have always said they are Scandinavian by way of Scotland and/or Ireland Wales. After they paid Ancestry.com for their professionals to find out, my mother is the most dangerous as her ancestors came from a Jarl who settled in east England where King Henry II gave a knight, an ancestor, a castle built by the king for a reward of the young knight marrying a troublesome baron’s older spinster daughter. This made the baron happy and SCARBOROUGH CASTLE was built, and Scarborough Faire was born in the 15 Century and ran for 500 years.

My dad’s name, oddly, is based on the prefix “Ed”, which means “Oath”. But “Minster” is Scandinavian with some translations meaning “accredited church” such as an Abbey or Monastery.

It’s in several languages of Germanic origins but some Norwegian AND Swedes point to the town of “Ed” on the border of northern Sweden and Norway. Thus, some interpretations mean “Church” (temple, abbey, monastery) of Ed. As Vikings were greatly known for their reverence for loyalty and their hatred of betrayal, the word “Ed” can mean Oath, Vow, Promise, Noble, Covenant and plays out as “Temple of the Covenant” and I can’t find any historical evidence for it, some Norwegian historian had said that the far north Norwegian-Swedish border town was an actual location of where Viking era Spiritually/Magic-producing entities such as Seers, Sorcerers, Sorceresses, Mages, Witches, and other magic wielding characters learned their craft.

How far off is this theory of Ed Minster translating to the above? I am confident that the prefix “Ed” was incorporated into the English and Germanic peoples to name Royal “God-blood” dynasties such as “Edwardian” and first and last names basically meaning “Loyal Ward”, meaning a GOOD KING.

It’s a stretch to say anyone with “Edward” in their name would actually be “good”, so it could be given to someone hopefully with that expectation.

The “Prose Eddas” have that same intent of meaning.

Would you have any info regarding why the town of Ed, basically shared by both countries would be named that unless there was a strong understanding of its existence?

Indeed there is: /uff-da/

I expected it also. May be an entire articel on it.

I was just about to write that, too!

The Girl Scouts use the item to keep the rump from getting wet, sticky etc. when out doors. I’m still looking for a Norwegian slang word for the Swedes. I’m sure there must be one or several.