Teddy

Did I really let myself get cajoled into sleeping with the protagonist?!

"No." I hurriedly shut the door, but Reisir slips a foot in and stops it effortlessly. Damn it. "Just for one night?" He peeks through, lower lip sticking out in a slight pout. "We've already slept together once-" "Don't say it like that!" I blurt out on accident, face heating up. Reisir is in the way so I can't look into the hallway to see if anyone was listening to his nonsense. "That doesn't count, we both didn't have a choice." Reisir's face shifts. "Yeah." Okay, not the right thing to say.

"I know that being playful and having a righteous nature are separate things. I just thought that 'Justice' didn't suit you as a representative word to define you—" I retorted irritably, but then paused. It was because I realized that the word "정의" is not just one word, but that countless homonyms exist. It seems likely that Author Senna intended "Justice" to be Reisir's representative trait, but since they didn't write it in Chinese characters. "Then, which word do you think suits me?" "...정의(Justice)." "Huh? You said that didn't suit me?" It is impossible for me to arbitrarily change the text written in Reisir's status window, but... There is still room for a different interpretation. "I wasn't talking about '정의' in the sense of being 'righteous,' but the '정의' that carries a different meaning and usage." Among words with the same pronunciation, if we were to look for a word suitable for Reisir that could serve as a 'disposition,' '정의' (情義), meaning 'warm heart and loyalty.' Or, by changing just one character from the previous word, there is '정의' (情意), meaning 'warm heart and true intent.'

different chinese characters for 정의 with translations:

정의(定義)=definition (used in the very first phrase and also karvaldr settles on it because 'this one is much more fitting for the protagonist archetype that Author Senna pursues')

정의(正義)=justice

정의(情義)=warm affection (情) and loyalty (義理) shared between people

정의(情意)=warm affection (情) and intent (意思)

another one not mentioned here that i found:

An attempt at figuring out the characters’ names again:

Karvaldr Austri, Reisir Daudavinr, Helga Vitnir, Risi Stilkr, Svein Od, & many others have already been figured out by @why-i !thank you very much 🙇

Fjodra

Fjodra Verd Midthradr | Fjǫðra Verð Miðþráðr (피요드라 베르드 미드트라드)

Fjodr = feather (like her eagle)

Verðandi = one of the three Norns

Midr = Middle-, think like Midgard, Middle-Earth

Thradr = Threads, the threads of fate that the Norns twine

Midthradr seems to be the name of the country.

Spilloff: spilla=to spoil, destroy (and reflexive of that to be spoiled, damaged, to grow worse) (i personally find it unlikely but there's also spíra=a spar)

Tridric: in addition to þriði meaning third, it also appears to have a component rikr=mighty/powerful (the name itself is structured similarly to for example fridric)

Djup: djúp=the deep, the deep sea off the shore; can be used metaphorically in “depth of mercy, grace” (from God?)

Prett/Frett: since in korean 'p' and 'f' are transliterated the same, both versions are valid for now

Grimr(Prett's real surname): grimmr = grim/stern/horrible/dire/savage but also Grimr (odin’s name)=mask, the masked one, the hooded one

Svein: given name from old norse sveinn = young man/servant

Odd: not sure for this one, it could be odr = frantic/furious/vehement/enraged or oddr = point (of a weapon) or Odd = name from sharp end of an arrow/edge of a blade

Stilkr: stilkr=a stalk, stem; in modern usage as a nickname

Nidr: niðr=a son/a descendant/kinsman or (metaphorically) underneath beneath secretly or adverb down

Bjorn: björn=bear

Ketilson: ketill=a kettle, cauldron; interesting that as a proper name for men it’s Ketill, Ketil-björn and most likely derived from the holy cauldron of sacrifices

Drembi: likely from drembi-liga=haughtily, dramb=(metaph.) arrogance

Ofrausi: most likely from of-rausn=over-boldness, presumption

Vanahilda(could be Banahilda): vana=wanting or to make to wane, disable, spoil, destroy OR bana=to kill + postfix from hildr=battle(only in poetry), used in names

Beijr: most likely from beigr=fear

Tremmler: I only found this Treml : South German: variant of Tremmel.  Origin:  Germany Trammell : Altered form of German Tremmel Tremel or Treml nicknames for a rude man from tremel ‘boor ruffian’. (source)

Also @butterfirefly found these:

Blida = friendliness or gentleness

Miskunn = mercy

Elska = to love

For Svein, I think it’s Óðr as a reference to Odin. Specifically since Reisir’s character is inspired by Odin (eye sacrificed for wisdom, wields a spear) and Svein is trying to copy him (by also wielding a spear).

Tremmler baffles me because I could find everything else in Old Norse except him. So is it that he’s the only one who’s not Old Norse…?

I’ve been looking at Norse mythology as well to see if there’s anyone else who was named after a known figure. We have Vigdis, Skadi, Fjodra, the 4 duchies, and potentially Helga, so it’s possible others are also discreet references.

So I've decided to give it a shot!

I opened my eyes on a luxurious bed, while the floor was covered in a layer of bluish green grass and other strangely colored flowers. My first thought is: have I been transmigrated into a fanfiction of a novel where I was transmigrated into a novel that I read but wasn't one of the novels I wrote? Then I realized what a ridiculous thing that would be and brushed it off.

@why-i @existing-exe @apolloandellipses fanfic for my new mutuals! Let me know if you don't like being tagged ^^