Ann Naddodsdóttir
Deceased Person
Who is Ann Naddodsdóttir?
Ann Naddodsdóttir was likely a daughter of Naddoddr, the Viking attributed with the discovery of Iceland.
At the cemetery of a church in Bressay, Shetland there was in 1864 found a grave from the early 10th century with Christian crosses and decorations of Scandinavian origins.
Katherine Forsyth from Harvard University managed in 1996 to decipher the text.
In the front it says: "CRROSCC: NAHHTVVDDAddS: DATTRR: Ann" and on the back: "BEN iSESMEQQDDRoANN"
According to Dr. Forsyth it can be translate in Old Norwegian to in the front: "HER: KROSSUR: NADDODDSDÓTTIR: ANN" and on the back: " BEINIR SONUR DRÓIN"
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