This 2015 dissertation by Dr. Paul Peterson is the kind of gaming resource actual academia provides to us. The work contains a list of 517 Viking nicknames and their meanings. They start on p. 127 if you just want to skip ahead. Cool, no?
Shane Ivey over on Bluesky suggested bringing a d517 to your next D&D game. And having a random table of Viking names is a great idea, actually. But. 517 doesn't break down into die rolls well. It's the product of two primes, and that does not translate into rolls on dAnythingyoumighthaveinyourdicebag.
But its really close to 512, which is a straight-up power of two, and that you can roll. Indeed, if you just ignore the last five items on the list (sorry, enn ǫrvi, ǫrvǫnd, ǫrvǫndr, Øxna-, and øxnabroddr), you just need 3d8, or roll a d8 three times, treating each roll as a separate digit to generate one of 512 possible rolls and looking up the corresponding value. Roll, say, a 5, 7, and 1? That's 305, or lunan, meaning little blackbird. Here's a table for that, so make up some Vikings!
| First | Second | Third | Result |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 1 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 1 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 29 |
| 1 | 4 | 6 | 30 |
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 31 |
| 1 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 33 |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 35 |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| 1 | 5 | 6 | 38 |
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 39 |
| 1 | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 42 |
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 43 |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 44 |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 45 |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 46 |
| 1 | 6 | 7 | 47 |
| 1 | 6 | 8 | 48 |
| 1 | 7 | 1 | 49 |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | 50 |
| 1 | 7 | 3 | 51 |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 52 |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | 53 |
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 54 |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 55 |
| 1 | 7 | 8 | 56 |
| 1 | 8 | 1 | 57 |
| 1 | 8 | 2 | 58 |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 59 |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | 60 |
| 1 | 8 | 5 | 61 |
| 1 | 8 | 6 | 62 |
| 1 | 8 | 7 | 63 |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 65 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 66 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 67 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 68 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 69 |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 70 |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 71 |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | 72 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 73 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 74 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 75 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 76 |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 77 |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 78 |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | 79 |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | 80 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 81 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 82 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 83 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 84 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 85 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 86 |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 87 |
| 2 | 3 | 8 | 88 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 89 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 90 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 91 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 92 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 93 |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 94 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 95 |
| 2 | 4 | 8 | 96 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 97 |
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 98 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 99 |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 100 |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 101 |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 102 |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | 103 |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 104 |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 105 |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 106 |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 107 |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 108 |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 109 |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 110 |
| 2 | 6 | 7 | 111 |
| 2 | 6 | 8 | 112 |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | 113 |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | 114 |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 115 |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 116 |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | 117 |
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 118 |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | 119 |
| 2 | 7 | 8 | 120 |
| 2 | 8 | 1 | 121 |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | 122 |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | 123 |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | 124 |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | 125 |
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 126 |
| 2 | 8 | 7 | 127 |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | 128 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 129 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 130 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 131 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 132 |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 133 |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 134 |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 135 |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | 136 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 137 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 138 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 139 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 140 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 141 |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 142 |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | 143 |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | 144 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 145 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 146 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 147 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 148 |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 149 |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 150 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 151 |
| 3 | 3 | 8 | 152 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 153 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 154 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 155 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 156 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 157 |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 158 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 159 |
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 160 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 161 |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 162 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 163 |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 164 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 165 |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 166 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 167 |
| 3 | 5 | 8 | 168 |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 169 |
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 170 |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 171 |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 172 |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 173 |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 174 |
| 3 | 6 | 7 | 175 |
| 3 | 6 | 8 | 176 |
| 3 | 7 | 1 | 177 |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 178 |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 179 |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 180 |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 181 |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | 182 |
| 3 | 7 | 7 | 183 |
| 3 | 7 | 8 | 184 |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 185 |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | 186 |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 187 |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 188 |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | 189 |
| 3 | 8 | 6 | 190 |
| 3 | 8 | 7 | 191 |
| 3 | 8 | 8 | 192 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 193 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 194 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 195 |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 196 |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 197 |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | 198 |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | 199 |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | 200 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 201 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 202 |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 203 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 204 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 205 |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 206 |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 207 |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 208 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 209 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 210 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 211 |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 212 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 213 |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 214 |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | 215 |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | 216 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 217 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 218 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 219 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 220 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 221 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 222 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 223 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 224 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 225 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 226 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 227 |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 228 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 229 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 230 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 231 |
| 4 | 5 | 8 | 232 |
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 233 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 234 |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 235 |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 236 |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | 237 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 238 |
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 239 |
| 4 | 6 | 8 | 240 |
| 4 | 7 | 1 | 241 |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 242 |
| 4 | 7 | 3 | 243 |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 244 |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | 245 |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | 246 |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 247 |
| 4 | 7 | 8 | 248 |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 249 |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | 250 |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | 251 |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | 252 |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 253 |
| 4 | 8 | 6 | 254 |
| 4 | 8 | 7 | 255 |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | 256 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 257 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 258 |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 259 |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 260 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 261 |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | 262 |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | 263 |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | 264 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 265 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 266 |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 267 |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 268 |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 269 |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 270 |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | 271 |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 272 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 273 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 274 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 275 |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 276 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 277 |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 278 |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 279 |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 280 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 281 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 282 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 283 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 284 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 285 |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 286 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 287 |
| 5 | 4 | 8 | 288 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 289 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 290 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 291 |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 292 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 293 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 294 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 295 |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | 296 |
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 297 |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 298 |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 299 |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 300 |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 301 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 302 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 303 |
| 5 | 6 | 8 | 304 |
| 5 | 7 | 1 | 305 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 306 |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 307 |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 308 |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 309 |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 310 |
| 5 | 7 | 7 | 311 |
| 5 | 7 | 8 | 312 |
| 5 | 8 | 1 | 313 |
| 5 | 8 | 2 | 314 |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | 315 |
| 5 | 8 | 4 | 316 |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 317 |
| 5 | 8 | 6 | 318 |
| 5 | 8 | 7 | 319 |
| 5 | 8 | 8 | 320 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 321 |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 322 |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 323 |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 324 |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 325 |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | 326 |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | 327 |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | 328 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 329 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 330 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 331 |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 332 |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 333 |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 334 |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | 335 |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | 336 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 337 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 338 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 339 |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 340 |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 341 |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 342 |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | 343 |
| 6 | 3 | 8 | 344 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 345 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 346 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 347 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 348 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 349 |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 350 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 351 |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 352 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 353 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 354 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 355 |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 356 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 357 |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 358 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 359 |
| 6 | 5 | 8 | 360 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 361 |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 362 |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 363 |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 364 |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 365 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 366 |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 367 |
| 6 | 6 | 8 | 368 |
| 6 | 7 | 1 | 369 |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 370 |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | 371 |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | 372 |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 373 |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 374 |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 375 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 376 |
| 6 | 8 | 1 | 377 |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | 378 |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | 379 |
| 6 | 8 | 4 | 380 |
| 6 | 8 | 5 | 381 |
| 6 | 8 | 6 | 382 |
| 6 | 8 | 7 | 383 |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 384 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 385 |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 386 |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 387 |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 388 |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 389 |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 390 |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | 391 |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | 392 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 393 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 394 |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 395 |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | 396 |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 397 |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 398 |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | 399 |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | 400 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 401 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 402 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 403 |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 404 |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 405 |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 406 |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | 407 |
| 7 | 3 | 8 | 408 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 409 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 410 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 411 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 412 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 413 |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 414 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 415 |
| 7 | 4 | 8 | 416 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 417 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 418 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 419 |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 420 |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 421 |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 422 |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 423 |
| 7 | 5 | 8 | 424 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 425 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 426 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 427 |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 428 |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 429 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 430 |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | 431 |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | 432 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 433 |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 434 |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 435 |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 436 |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | 437 |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 438 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 439 |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | 440 |
| 7 | 8 | 1 | 441 |
| 7 | 8 | 2 | 442 |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | 443 |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | 444 |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | 445 |
| 7 | 8 | 6 | 446 |
| 7 | 8 | 7 | 447 |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | 448 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 449 |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 450 |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 451 |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | 452 |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | 453 |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 454 |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | 455 |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | 456 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 457 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 458 |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 459 |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 460 |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 461 |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 462 |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | 463 |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | 464 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 465 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 466 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 467 |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 468 |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 469 |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | 470 |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 471 |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | 472 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 473 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 474 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 475 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 476 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 477 |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 478 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 479 |
| 8 | 4 | 8 | 480 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 481 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 482 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 483 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 484 |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 485 |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | 486 |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | 487 |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | 488 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | 489 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 490 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | 491 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 492 |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 493 |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 494 |
| 8 | 6 | 7 | 495 |
| 8 | 6 | 8 | 496 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 497 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | 498 |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | 499 |
| 8 | 7 | 4 | 500 |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | 501 |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 502 |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | 503 |
| 8 | 7 | 8 | 504 |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 505 |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 506 |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 507 |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | 508 |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | 509 |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | 510 |
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 511 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 512 |
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