Norr
Eponymous founder of Norway in mythology
Nór (Old Norse Nórr) is according to the Orkneyinga Saga the eponymous founder of Norway. Icelandic accounts. Source material. Nór of Norway appears in “Fundinn Nóregr” (‘Norway Founded’), hereafter called F, which begins the Orkneyinga saga, and in Hversu Noregr byggðist (‘How Norway was Settled’), hereafter called B. Both sources are found in the Flatey Book. The term is described differently in different sources. Nór was one of the sons of King Thorri ('frozen snow'), and a grandson of King Snær ('snow'). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B3r
Nór (Old Norse Nórr) is according to the Orkneyinga Saga the eponymous founder of Norway. Icelandic accounts. Source material. Nór of Norway appears in “Fundinn Nóregr” (‘Norway Founded’), hereafter called F, which begins the Orkneyinga saga, and in Hversu Noregr byggðist (‘How Norway was Settled’), hereafter called B. Both sources are found in the Flatey Book. The term is described differently in different sources. Nór was one of the sons of King Thorri ('frozen snow'), and a grandson of King Snær ('snow').
