Alfrun written in runes
Alfrun written in Viking Age runes (Group A)

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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Alfrun

Old Norse Alfrún (f.)

Alfrún was recorded in West Scandinavia (Norway and Iceland) as a mythological name. It is an Old Norse compound  formed from the elements Alf- ‘elf’ and –rún ‘confidante’. It has been suggested that when used in a personal name it has the sense of ‘secret, wisdom’, associated with rúnar ‘runes’. 

There may be one attestation of Alfrún in a medieval church document from Lincolnshire. However, the form may alternatively represent the Old English female personal name, Ælfrūn. 

Old Norse Name

Alfrún

Anglicised Name

Alfrun

Gender

Female

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

female_name, mythology, personal-name

Further information

References

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 8, 342, 350-351.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 16.

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