Oddrún = ODD rune (Female name still used today in Iceland. From poetry scanning we know that there wasn’t a vowel sound between the f and n, so this is supposed to be a two-syllable word, but maybe with a hint of n in the middle.) In the old days it may have been HRAV son. In modern Icelandic it’s pronounced like a bn or simply a b, but we’re unsure precisely how it was spoken in Old Norse. There’s that aspirated Hr at the beginning and then the problematic fn. Krókr Hrafnson = KROH kur HRABn son (Hrafn = raven. And an f in the middle is kinda soft, so it sounds like a v. Ísólfr = EES ol vur (The first syllable should rhyme with fleece, not ease. Hildr = HILL dur (Female name still used today in Iceland and Norway, but in modern spelling they go ahead and indicate the last vowel, like Hildur. A bit more like a short e on that first syllable.) Erlendr = EHR len dur (Not quite AIR lend ur, but close.
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