Went down an interesting historico-linguistic rabbit hole today after discovering a proposed etymology for the 'Vandals' (of Sack-of-Rome fame). Basically: Aurvandil is the Old Norse equivalent to Old English Earendel, a name which occurs in the OE poem Crist I and which J.R.R. Tolkien borrowed. In the Crist I context, Earendel is understood to imply John the Baptist. Both Aurvandil and Earendel theoretically developed from a (proposed) Proto-Germanic compound 'auzi-wandilaz' (i.e., luminous wanderer) and are associated with the Morning-star (Morningstar > harbinger > John the Baptist).
Also: Number of English translations of various Medieval works available at In Parentheses Publications. Can't find much information regarding them. Fun to look through, though.
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