LENI LENAPE
The Leni Lenape told translators that the words meant, "real men". "Leni" is derived from the Old Norse word, "hreina," which means, "pure or decent." "Ape" is derived from the Old Norse words, "aa byy" which means, "to dwell in a place." So "Lenape" means, "decent place" and "Leni Lenape" means, "pure (men) from a decent place." (Sherwin, 1940)
Comment: The "pure (men) from a decent place" may have come from a real decent place, Hreinsey, in Greenland ("sey" means, island), which was named by the Vikings a millennium ago. There is a very strong possibility that Einarsfjord known in the 1300s may have originally been named "Hrein Fjord." The people who were from "Hrein Fjord" may have said they were people who "Hrein aa-bye."
